If Duque won’t, then the ELN will: UN receives deals made in suspended peace talks
Colombia’s ELN rebels formally informed the United Nations about partial agreements made...
Tag: Red Cross
Red Cross reports spike in victims as landmines continue to threaten Colombia
Many in Colombia hopes that the scourge of landmines would soon be a think of a painful past. But...
FARC reveals locations of remains of 182 victims who were forcibly disappeared by guerrillas
Former FARC guerrillas gave International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) new information on the...
Colombia rings alarm over infectious diseases from Venezuela
Colombia’s health authority issued a public health alert after confirming two cases of...
Red Cross urges increased efforts in Colombia to find missing persons
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urged Colombia’s state and illegal armed...
The Red Cross’ priorities in Colombia for 2016
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday that it’s main...
Humanitarian law violations in Colombia up 41% last year: Red Cross
Violations of international humanitarian law in Colombia increased by an alarming 41% in 2014,...
ELN releases Dutch hostage month after kidnapping
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a Dutch citizen who had been...
2 Colombian soldiers released by FARC guerrillas
Two Colombian soldiers held by the FARC guerrilla group in the northeastern state of Arauca since...
Operations to release 5 FARC captives ‘underway’: Santos
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that humanitarian operations to release a general and four others who were recently captured are “underway.” The humanitarian operations will be carried out by the Red Cross...
Red Cross aiding in release of Colombian army general ‘captured by FARC’
The Red Cross confirmed on Monday that it has begun conversations with rebel group FARC in hopes of expediting the release of an army general and two accompanying officials who were captured by alleged guerrillas in the west of...
53 children rescued from flooding cave in northeastern Colombia
Colombian police and emergency teams successfully recovered 53 high school students on Sunday who had been trapped in a flooding cave in the northern state of Santander, according to local media reports. After an eight-hour...
