Almost five years after Colombia’s former FARC guerrillas signed peace with the government, 46% of them are still waiting for work, according to the United Nations. In a press release,…
Foreign diplomats in Colombia are reportedly annoyed with the country’s foreign ministry for trying to restrict their access to FARC reintegration camps. Multiple embassies received a letter from the foreign…
The Colombian government will relocate 11 of 24 reintegration camps for demobilized FARC guerrillas. As part of the peace process, the Colombian government set up 24 demobilization, disarmament and reintegration…
FARC president Rodrigo Londoño begged the more than 12,000 former guerrillas who disarmed in 2016 as part of a peace deal not to abandon the process after the recapture of…
Colombia will be sending a team mostly made up of former FARC guerrillas to the International Rafting Championships in Australia later this month. The team, which will compete under the…
More than two thirds of the 10,000 FARC guerrillas who laid down their weapons in 2017 have abandoned the reintegration sites. According to reintegration chief Andres Stapper, 2,935 FARC members…
It’s five in the morning in the FARC reincorporation camp Agua Bonita: The former fighters of what was Colombia’s most-feared guerrilla group until last year begin their work day early,…
Colombia will launch a regional “committee for peace” to improve the reintegration process for hundreds of former FARC rebels in the war-torn Antioquia province. The committee, launched Monday, is headed…
Demobilizing and reintegrating fighters from Colombian rebel groups FARC and ELN, currently negotiating peace with the government, will cost at least $350 million, according to the director of the country’s reintegration…