Speaking before Congress at the inauguration of Colombia’s new congressional year, President Juan Manuel Santos called on Colombians to unite behind peace talks with far-left FARC guerrillas. The Santos administration has…
Colombia celebrates its Independence Day on Wednesday. However, it can not yet celebrate a peace deal with its largest rebel group, the FARC, as negotiators missed the July 20 deadline.…
A proposal to add a verse on peace to Colombia’s national anthem has stirred controversy after the opposition found the change was proposed by the president’s brother whose reported firm had received…
Four members of Colombia’s second largest far-left guerrilla group the ELN were killed in combat in the southwest of the country, according to the military. The incident occurred in the rural zone…
A peace deal between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels could be approved by November following Monday’s decision by the constitutional court to give the green light for allowing the public to vote…
Colombia’s constitutional court on Monday approved a plebiscite in which the Colombian people can vote for or against a peace deal with leftist FARC rebels. The ruling is a major…
The Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), the country’s largest paramilitary successor group said over the weekend they will not intervene in areas where FARC guerrillas plan to be demobilizing and…
Colombia’s largest Marxist rebel group, the FARC, has expelled its First Front from the guerrilla organization after leaders of the fighters unit publicly stated they do not support a pending…
A peace deal being negotiated with FARC rebels will ultimately be determined by a referendum previously mooted by the Colombian government, the official leading negotiations with the insurgents said Monday.…
