Is Colombia going from war to peace to genocide?
With at least 23 social leaders killed in three months of peace with the FARC, community leaders are terrified they are at the dawn of a wave of paramilitary violence…
With at least 23 social leaders killed in three months of peace with the FARC, community leaders are terrified they are at the dawn of a wave of paramilitary violence…
The United Nations (UN) will not begin collecting weapons from Colombia’s demobilizing FARC rebels until next week . the international organization said Thursday. Major General Javier Perez Aquino, who coordinates the…
Almost 53 years after they took to arms, Colombia’s FARC rebels began disarming on Wednesday as a part of a peace agreement they signed with the government last November. Under…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s office announced on Monday that it has granted amnesty to the first of thousands of FARC guerrillas taking part in a peace process in the south American country.…
After weeks of delays, the United Nations observers confirmed on Tuesday that Colombia’s FARC rebels will begin disarming on Wednesday. The start date of the three-step demobilization process had been challenged by…
The deadline for the first phase of the demobilization of Colombia’s FARC rebels looks to be in doubt after several delays in the process caused by the government. Wednesday, March 1,…
The commander-in-chief of the Colombia’s Marxist-inspired FARC on Monday criticized the government for not completing food deliveries to the areas where the rebels are demobilizing. Rodrigo Londoño, a.k.a “Timochenko”, released…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Wednesday that he will be seeking a referendum to force changes to an ongoing peace process with demobilized FARC rebels. The former president, whose family has been linked…
Colombia’s largest paramilitary group, the AGC, on Thursday offered to buy the weapons of disarming FARC guerrillas after the United Nations found the government failed to provide containers to safely guard…