What stands between today and peace with Colombia’s FARC rebels
Colombia’s government has reportedly finalized peace talks with the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC. But, for this deal to take effect and the FARC to disarm, a number of…
Colombia’s government has reportedly finalized peace talks with the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC. But, for this deal to take effect and the FARC to disarm, a number of…
Colombia’s government and far-left FARC rebels will announce on Wednesday that they have reached a final peace agreement, government officials told several media. According to British press agency Reuters, three officials…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ controversial handling of escalating protests in west Colombia is severely harming his ability to successfully promote a fiercely contested peace deal with leftist FARC rebels. While the president and his…
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Colombia on Friday to urgently come to an agreement on who will cover which costs of a pending demobilization of the FARC, the country’s…
In spite of explicit support of Pope Francis for peace negotiations with Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels, the country’s top church authority said it would not endorse a peace deal. After…
A poll released Wednesday showed that more than two-thirds of Colombians who plan to vote on a peace deal with a FARC would approve it, contradicting earlier polls that suggested…
Contrary to what is claimed by Colombia’s conservative opposition, individual elements of a peace deal with the FARC can not be renegotiated if the people vote against peace with the country’s largest rebel…
Business owners who voluntarily financed Colombia’s illegal armed groups like the far-left FARC and the far-right AUC face criminal charges in a post-conflict tribunal. Extortion victims will not be charged, the government assured amid unrest…
Reporting on a Colombia’s peace process with FARC rebels has really only just begun. The hard part, reporting on possible misgivings and irregularities in the pending process, are only now emerging.…