Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque could lead his country into a “protracted and unwinnable war” with the ELN if he allows talks with the rebels to collapse, according to the International Crisis…
Colombia’s ELN rebels urged President-elect Ivan Duque on Monday to not walk away from peace talks with the country’s last-standing guerrilla group. The guerrillas’ chief negotiator, “Pablo Beltran,” told press…
The front-runner in Colombia’s election race, Ivan Duque, vowed Wednesday he would end peace talks with ELN rebels also if a ceasefire is agreed. Duque, who has opposed all efforts…
Chances that the ELN, Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, will cease fire in support of peace talks are decreasing by the day. Gustavo Bell, the former vice-president who has been negotiating…
ELN rebels said Monday they will cease military activities around Sunday’s presidential election. “We have decided to decree a new suspension of our military operations from the start of Friday…
Peace talks between Colombia’s government and last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, resumed in Cuba on Thursday. Both delegations sent their negotiators to the Cuban capital, Havana, to put an end to…
Colombia’s government and ELN rebels said Saturday that they will move peace talks to Cuba after Ecuador’s withdrawal as the negotiations’ host nation. President Juan Manuel Santos said the talks…
The chief negotiator of Colombia’s government said Tuesday that he hopes to have agreement on a ceasefire with ELN guerrillas before the first presidential election round next month. “We have…
Colombia’s ELN rebels said Monday they want guarantees they won’t be extradited to the United States while negotiating peace abroad. Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno told the Colombian government and the guerrillas…