Colombia’s Finance Ministry has been asked to provide over $1.2 million in initial funding for the Marxist FARC rebel group’s new political party, the electoral commission said on Monday, as…
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Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday approved the political inclusion of former guerrilla group FARC, whose members will have guaranteed seats for two electoral terms. The Senate vote allows the FARC to form…
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The leadership of Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, visited Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday and formally registered the political party that will take seat in the legislative body. The FARC’s…
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For sustainable peace to be achieved in Colombia, the country’s peace process needs much more involvement from internally displaced women from minorities, who are currently ignored. It is important to…
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Over the past few days, I have been faced with the difficult task of explaining to friends and family outside Colombia the seemingly inexplicable: how could Colombians vote “no” to…
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Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group will continue its fight for social justice under a peace deal with the government, its top commander said on Saturday at the opening of the group’s final congress as an…
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Colombia’s FARC rebels will take part in the 2018 elections as a formal political party, but this is mainly a political warm-up. The guerrillas will receive five guaranteed seats in both the…
Peace process
FARC vows to verify fate of 500 missing kidnap victims amid negotiations on new peace deal
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Wednesday vowed to internally investigate the fate of some 500 people who were kidnapped by the guerrillas but are now unaccounted for. The guerrillas…
Global headlines this week told us that “Colombia voted ‘No’” in a recent referendum on their peace accords with the FARC. But who exactly voted “No”? Which Colombia are they referring…
It was almost six in the evening when we arrived at the house of an important local leader in a remote part of the department of Guaviare. We sat down…