Mediator Piedad Cordoba arrives in Colombia after torrential rain delayed her departure from Brazil, where she collected helicopters and pilots for the FARC hostage release mission, reports El Tiempo. “Now we…
Mediator Piedad Cordoba left Colombia for Brazil Monday to begin an operation to release five FARC hostages. Prior to departing, Cordoba said, “The success of this operation is a prelude to…
Mediator Piedad Cordoba said Sunday she is confident Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will release all their hostages by the second half of this year. The former senator made the…
Colombian President Santos is likely to grant controversial ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba a key role in possible peace talks with leftist guerrilla groups, a high government official told Colombian radio. In…
The Red Cross announced Monday that the planned release of five FARC hostages will take place on the following Monday, February 7. Hours after a press conference in which Cordoba…
Colombia is waiting for the Red Cross and mediator Piedad Cordoba to give the green light before it signs the necessary security protocol for the FARC hostage release operation, a…
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba still has not received details on the hostage release promised by the FARC on December 8, she told press Tuesday. “The date is coming closer,” said…
Colombia’s former president of congress Tuesday was ordered to respond to charges she illegally obtained information about former senator Piedad Cordoba. The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court launched a…
Colombia’s Defense Ministry and the Red Cross have agreed to a security protocol for the release of five FARC hostages, announced the National Army on its website Tuesday. Once former…