Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos hinted Wednesday that a newly negotiated peace deal with the FARC would be ratified by Congress and not through a referendum. While meeting with business leaders…
A new peace deal with FARC rebels could be finished by the end of November, Colombia President Santos told Spanish press agency EFE. To ratify this renegotiated deal Santos said a…
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…
While Colombia’s chief prosecution chief filed charges against the opposition campaign manager, human right advocates and victims sued former President Alvaro Uribe after he successfully helped sink a peace process…
Colombia’s conservative opposition leader Alvaro Uribe is furious with his campaign manager after the latter revealed his party purposely promoted indignation and ignorance while seeking to a sink a peace process with leftist FARC…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor Alvaro Uribe met for almost four hours on Wednesday, after which both announced no agreement other than to continue talks to prevent…
Colombia’s education minister resigned Tuesday after she failed to successfully lead a campaign for public ratification of peace with FARC rebels and after months of political bullying over her sexual orientation. Education…
Colombia’s referendum on peace with the FARC, the country’s most important vote in recent history, had a stunningly low turnout of less than 38%, demonstrating how few Colombians participate in politics…
Colombia’s “No” vote to a peace agreement with leftist FARC rebels is a major disruption of the country’s volatile tensions between illegal armed groups and drug trafficking organizations. While most eyes…