Months after observers of a ceasefire between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas reported a soldier had raped an 11 year-old-girl, on Monday they reported a FARC guerrilla had tried to rape two…
Colombia’s Finance Ministry has been asked to provide over $1.2 million in initial funding for the Marxist FARC rebel group’s new political party, the electoral commission said on Monday, as…
Colombia’s last remaining Marxist-inspired rebel group the ELN on Monday proposed a bi-lateral ceasefire to the government, ahead of the September visit of Pope Francis. The rebels who are currently…
Following the allegedly arbitrary arrest of two demobilized guerrillas, FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño said Sunday he is considering a suspension of the rebel group’s disarmament while calling on “international oversight.” According to the…
Colombia’s military and the Marxist-inspired FARC rebels committed five ceasefire since the cease in hostilities was declared in August 2016, according to independent conflict monitor CERAC. The report highlights that in…
Despite signing an historic peace agreement with the country’s oldest rebel group the FARC, Colombia edged out Venezuela as South America’s most violent country, according to Global Peace Index (GPI)…
It took court orders, but Colombia’s hard-right former President Alvaro Uribe has begun asking forgiveness to victims of war crimes and journalists after years of refusing to do so. Uribe’s most recent apology…
An army captain was injured after he and at least one subordinate had “accidentally” entered a FARC demobilization camp in southern Colombia, the Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday. The incident in the…
Colombia’s hard-right opposition was visibly intimidated after President Juan Manuel Santos decreed 34 peace bills in three days, bypassing congress that had been able to ratify three bills in three months. The president assumed…