Colombia’s senate president has successfully pushed an electoral reform over the 2018 elections, claiming it sought to force an electoral victory for “communists” and “anarchists.” The reform is part of…
Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace stated Monday that “no incident will break the ceasefire” with the ELN, but rejected the killing of an indigenous governor by the rebel group. The…
Some 100,000 people throughout Colombia are expected to take part in indigenous protests that seek improved living conditions for the ethnic minority. Indigenous peoples from across the country joined protests…
Colombia’s five-year-long peace talks with leftist guerrillas may have tested the country’s faith, but the ongoing peace process will be “even more complex, more difficult and longer,” according to the…
Hundreds of community leaders are expected to take part in a new round of peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and ELN rebels on Monday. “The fourth cycle is beginning with…
Colombia’s congress is jeopardizing fundamental parts of the country’s historic peace process with the FARC over its lawmakers’ own political interests. Many of the laws necessary for the success of the process…
Colombia seeks the decriminalization of small coca farmers who produce much of the cocaine consumed abroad, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Thursday. According to the newspaper, the government means to…
With increasing tensions and violence surrounding Colombia’s efforts to eradicate coca, one small village that resisted the plant for decades is struggling more than ever to defy the illicit economy.…
In the past seven days armed actors have murdered five social leaders in Colombia, a disturbing figure for a country trying to implement a national peace process. According to the…