News that major multinational companies like Coca-Cola are facing terrorism support charges for allegedly financing death squads is stirring major unrest among Colombia’s business community. Coca-Cola, state-run oil company Ecopetrol and 55…
Pope Francis has declined an invitation by Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos to help pick judges for a transitional justice tribunal in the event a peace deal with FARC rebels is…
Multinational beverage producer Coca Cola is one of more than 50 companies that will be charged with financing the now-defunct Colombian paramilitary AUC group, a designated terrorist organization. Several courts will reportedly forward evidence of…
“Do you support the final agreement to end the conflict and the construction of a stable and long-lasting peace?” This is the exact question Colombians will be asked on October…
The final signing of a peace deal between Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels will possibly to be held in the offices of the United Nations in New York City. Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Maria Angela Holguin,…
The United Nations is ready for Colombia’s pending peace process, during which international observers will oversee the demobilization and disarmament of the country’s largest leftist rebel group, the FARC. UN…
Some 2,000 electoral observers will keep an eye on the October 2 vote on a recently closed peace deal between Colombia’s government and the FARC, the country’s largest rebel group. The…
After 52-years of war and four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reached a final peace agreement. Colombians will have the final…
More than half a century of violence between Colombia’s state and FARC rebels officially comes to an end on midnight Monday when a formal ceasefire between the enemies has taken effect. The…