Chavez says willing to mediate FARC peace talks
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he is willing to mediate peace talks between the Colombian government and Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, whose leader proposed to resume talks on…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he is willing to mediate peace talks between the Colombian government and Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, whose leader proposed to resume talks on…
Two people have been injured in an alleged FARC attack on the building where failed peace talks were held between 1999 and 2002. The rebels threw three grenades at the…
The leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, said Monday the guerrillas were willing to engage in peace talks with the government, “in front of the country.” In a press…
The Colombian guerrilla group ELN said Monday President Juan Manuel Santos shows a lack of legitimate action to end the armed conflict, stating that under Santos’ government “the possibility of…
The Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon responded to the FARC’s calls for peace talks by demanding the guerrillas take concrete steps to prove their intentions. Garzon, communicating through Twitter, said…
Former President Andres Pastrana feared being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his actions while in power from 1998 to 2002 a WikiLeaks cable has shown. Pastrana, in…
The leader of the ELN, Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, has called on the government to open peace talks with the ELN in an open letter addressed to Piedad Cordoba. In the…
Former Colombian Senator Piedad Corodba is set to collaborate with Venezuela-backed TV channel TeleSur on a series of programs focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, Spanish news agency EFE…
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration didn’t have faith in the government sanctioned interlocutor with the FARC, Alvaro Leyva, a WikiLeaks cable has shown. The cable, dated October 6, 2006, relays…