Colombia’s peace commissioner insists the United Nations has painted a too negative picture of the reintegration of former FARC fighters in a peace process. Several top UN officials have criticized…
Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace stated Monday that “no incident will break the ceasefire” with the ELN, but rejected the killing of an indigenous governor by the rebel group. The…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced he had appointed the country’s peace commissioner ambassador to the European Union in Brussels. Santos made the announcement on the day the…
Colombian has defended its human rights record and progress on environmental protection in a bid to safeguard the free trade agreement (FTA) signed with the European Union (E.U.) earlier this…
Colombia “is a victim of narcoterrorism, not its perpetrator,” its European ambassador told an audience in Brussels Monday. Speaking two days after the death of 11 Colombian soldiers in an…
Government ministers have denied claims that six election candidates have been killed in the last week and said election related murders and death threats have been overstated, according to Colombian…
The Colombian Army and National Police will expand security forces to cover an additional 3,000 miles of roads throughout the country, various media reported Friday. According to Defense Minister Rodrigo…
The governor of the northwestern Cordoba department offers the defense minister her job for one month amid growing concern about the security of her population. In an interview with El…
Colombia’s minister of defense announced plans to create a third elite military offensive to combat criminal gangs in the Pacific department of Choco. “The National Security Council has validated the…