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…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla organization, the FARC, will hold its 10th and last guerrilla conference between September 13 and 19 and vote to dissolve the group. For the conference, some 200 representatives of…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe, the main opponent of peace with far-left FARC rebels, warned his country of disastrous consequences of the peace accord presented to Thursday. In a lengthy…
President Juan Manuel Santos and the commander of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will formally sign a peace deal in the second half of September, weeks ahead of a popular vote on the…
Colombia’s FARC rebels will take part in the 2018 elections as a formal political party, but this is mainly a political warm-up. The guerrillas will receive five guaranteed seats in both the…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced that a plebiscite seeking the ratification of a peace deal between his administration and FARC rebels will be held on October 2.…
For millions in Colombia, an upcoming vote on peace between the government and FARC rebels will not just decide the fate of their country. Their survival and hopes to a…
Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels unveiled a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a 50-year-old guerrilla war, one of the world’s longest conflicts which took the resource-rich country…
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a $450 million credit line for Colombia, which is set to end a 52-year-long armed conflict with far-left FARC rebels. The credit line will supplement a…