‘Santos to announce ceasefire with FARC on Thursday’
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos will announce a bilateral ceasefire with FARC rebels on Thursday, local media reported based on sources within the government.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos will announce a bilateral ceasefire with FARC rebels on Thursday, local media reported based on sources within the government.
Peace talks with Colombia’s largest and oldest guerrilla group, the FARC, will be ready before July 20, President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday.
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos has received fierce criticism for allegedly fear mongering his country’s population into ratifying a pending peace deal with FARC guerrillas. The Santos administration has been holding peace…
Dozens of Colombia’s most prominent and leftist non-government organizations have urged rebel group ELN to release its hostages and formalize peace talks with the government. So far, the ELN has…
Colombia’s military, FARC guerrillas and coca farmers on July 10 will begin a pilot program that seeks the destruction of coca plants, used to make cocaine, and replace them with…
A citizens’ campaign for a “yes” vote in an upcoming referendum to endorse a peace pact with leftist FARC guerrillas sparked controversy Thursday because the demonstrators gathered around the statues of…
Colombia rebel group FARC on Sunday said it would release between 20 and 25 child soldiers under 15 ahead of a peace deal with the government. The defense minister had said…
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels on Friday agreed to a pilot project that seeks farmers’ voluntary substitution of coca crops, used for the production of cocaine, for legal crops. A crop…
A group of 51 United States Congressmen urged Colombia’s government and ELN rebels to continue pursuing peace, while calling on the government to adequately address “paramilitary-style” groups that have become an…