Colombia’s education minister resigned Tuesday after she failed to successfully lead a campaign for public ratification of peace with FARC rebels and after months of political bullying over her sexual orientation. Education…
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Monday agreed his party to take part in a government commission on a peace deal with the FARC after winning a referendum that sank a pact he refused to…
Colombia’s referendum on peace with the FARC, the country’s most important vote in recent history, had a stunningly low turnout of less than 38%, demonstrating how few Colombians participate in politics…
Colombia’s “No” vote to a peace agreement with leftist FARC rebels is a major disruption of the country’s volatile tensions between illegal armed groups and drug trafficking organizations. While most eyes…
Colombia’s conservative opposition on Sunday insisted it will seek the renegotiation of a signed peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels that was narrowly rejected in a referendum. “This is a clear…
In a historic vote, Colombia’s electorate on Sunday rejected a recently signed peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, stopping in its tracks a peace process that had already begun. With 99.08%…
The FARC’s dissident 1st Front allegedly attacked a polling station in central Colombia on Sunday, the day the country holds a referendum on a peace deal with the country’s largest rebel…
Extreme rainfall and illegal campaigning by election officials are the greatest problems reported by electoral observers at Sunday’s referendum on peace with the Marxist FARC rebels. Four million voters, 12% of the electorate, are…
Colombia’s armed forces said Sunday there have been no incidents of violence or irregularities ahead of a referendum on peace with the Marxist FARC rebel group. According to Armed Forces commander General Juan Pablo Rodriguez,…