Obama confident Colombia will achieve peace
US President Barack Obama on Sunday expressed confidence that his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos will be able to secure peace in the South American country. Obama did so while…
US President Barack Obama on Sunday expressed confidence that his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos will be able to secure peace in the South American country. Obama did so while…
The FARC’s 1st Front reiterated its rejection of ongoing peace talks with Colombia’s government this week. But they’re not the only “problem front.” Other guerrilla units are suspected to follow suit. While…
A leader of Colombia’s FARC rebel group said on Thursday it was investigating why a breakaway unit is opposing a potential peace deal with the government that would end five…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos warned dissident members of the FARC’s 1st Front that they have two options: demobilize, or end up either in prison or six feet underground. The dissident 1st Front is…
A comfortable majority of urban Colombians will vote in favor of a peace deal currently being negotiated with their country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, according to a poll. Pollster Cifras…
FARC chief Timochenko said Monday he has ordered all guerrillas in Colombia’s oldest rebel group to end extortion practices as the organization is preparing for a peace process.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that the national economy could grow an extra percentage point per year if the country’s 52-year-old armed conflict comes to an end. Santos has been…
Some 2,000 members of the military have been sent to northern Colombia to facilitate the safe demobilization of 1,200 FARC guerrillas and prevent violence from other groups, local authorities and the…
Colombia’s FARC rebels said that if Colombians disapprove of a pending peace agreement, the guerrillas will not return to war, but return to the negotiations table. The Colombians will be asked for…