Two senators have proposed that Congress should be impeached in response to President Juan Manuel Santos’ decision to ratify Colombia’s revised peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebel group through the legislative body.…
Colombia’s Congress will vote on a peace deal between the government and the Marxist FARC rebels next week. Having seen the first deal rejected by the public in an October…
Colombia’s opposition on Wednesday renewed calls for the public to engage in “civil resistance” against a national peace process after the government closed a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels. The…
Makeshift roadblocks dot communities in the north of Colombia’s Cauca province as locals form unarmed watch groups, claiming authorities are ignoring a wave of violence in the region. The 80-man-strong Peasant Security force…
A new peace accord between Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels will be signed on Thursday and sent to Congress for approval, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday, bringing…
Snipers, in apparent collusion with Colombia’s National Army, are responsible for the first breach of a ceasefire between the FARC and the government that killed two guerrillas, locals claim. Colombia’s chief government peace…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe formally rejected a revised peace deal and the coalition Conservative Party demanded a second referendum after a vote sunk the initial pact with the country’s largest rebel…
Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group on Tuesday rejected a request from former President and primary opponent of peace with the group, Alvaro Uribe, to meet over their impending peace process. Uribe on Monday had urged for…
A surge in killings of human rights defenders put pressure on Colombia’s conservative opposition politicians who are accused of inciting and condoning political violence. Three human rights defenders and members of the leftist…