Colombia’s Duque backtracks on threat to end peace talks with ELN rebels
President Ivan Duque on Saturday said he would not end peace talks with the ELN on Friday, despite the guerrillas’ failure to meet his deadline for the release hostages and…
President Ivan Duque on Saturday said he would not end peace talks with the ELN on Friday, despite the guerrillas’ failure to meet his deadline for the release hostages and…
Three of seven members of the security forces who were held captive by Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN were released Wednesday morning. The release came two days after the ELN promised to release…
Days before Colombia’s president Ivan Duque is expected to decide whether or not to continue peace talks with ELN guerrillas, Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez doubled down on his country’s support…
The ELN on Tuesday rejected prosecution claims that Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group is forcing children to join their rebel ranks. The guerrillas’ chief peace negotiator, “Pablo Beltran” responded to an arrest…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque put scholar Miguel Ceballos in charge of the country’s peace process with demobilized FARC guerrillas and peace talks with ELN rebels. The new High Commissioner of…
NGOs are hopeful Colombia’s new president will keep negotiating with the country’s last major rebel group after appearing to soften his stance. While on campaign, Duque said he would impose…
Colombia’s government and ELN rebels said Wednesday they have failed to agree to a bilateral ceasefire, leaving the fate of peace talks in the hands of incoming President Ivan Duque.…
If Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque returns to war with ELN rebels this would put the country in “grave danger” and come at a “high cost” the International Crisis Group (ICG)…
The ELN, Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, said on Monday that the government’s failure to make compromises are complicating a possible new ceasefire. Guerrilla and government negotiators in Havana, Cuba, have…