ELN calls for peace talks, proposes ceasefire
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, called for a truce between the government, the FARC, and themselves, in a letter released Sunday. ELN news archive The release, addressed to…
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, called for a truce between the government, the FARC, and themselves, in a letter released Sunday. ELN news archive The release, addressed to…
Colombian and American universities, together with several non-governmental organizations released ten lessons they think should be learned from the 1999 – 2002 peace talks that ended unsuccessfully exactly ten years…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called the FARC “hypocrites” Thursday for committing “terrorist acts” weeks after raising the prospect of peace talks. “[FARC’s behaviour] is a double game, double morals,…
Ex-senator and activist Piedad Cordoba has said the Colombian constitution should be changed to disallow the extradition of any rebels who could take part in peace talks, reported local press…
Colombia’s Interior Minister Germain Vargas said Friday there were no plans to hold FARC peace talks in Cuba, as rumored. Speaking to Radio Caracol, Vargas dismissed suggestions that secret negotiations…
Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana lashed out at Jose Obdulio Gaviria, calling the close ally of former President Alvaro Uribe an “advocate and adviser to the terrorist, drug trafficker and…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe slammed a proposal for a ceasefire between the country’s government and guerrilla groups and called to “eliminate” the rebels’ “refuge in Venezuela.” “Colombians’ blood is…
Colombia’s coalition parties have rejected the idea of a bilateral ceasefire between government and rebels, instead proposing a trial period for the guerrillas to demonstrate they genuinely want peace. “The proposal would…
The NGO Colombians for Peace has sent letters to President Juan Manuel Santos and the commanders of the rebel groups FARC and ELN proposing a 90-day ceasefire in which to…