Peace in our time
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today set a timetable for an end to Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict announcing that peace talks with FARC guerrillas will begin in October and…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today set a timetable for an end to Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict announcing that peace talks with FARC guerrillas will begin in October and…
“Timochenko”, the supreme leader of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC confirmed Tuesday on Colombian television that the rebels agree to hold formal peace dialogues with the government. The recorded guerrilla…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will negotiate an end to the country’s armed conflict with the government “without hatred or arrogance,” said rebel leader “Timochenko” Monday. The supreme rebel leader…
Colombia’s defense minister Juan Carlos Pinzon claimed Thursday the FARC’s top leaders are living outside the country. “Since Alfonso Cano died the FARC’s leaders are no longer living in Colombia,”…
The FARC’s supreme leader said Wednesday the guerrilla organization will leave the violence-plagued Cauca department once government security foces and neo-paramilitary groups abandon the area. “When the military, the police…
A Colombian court sentenced the FARC’s supreme commander, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, alias “Timochenko,” to 34 years in prison in absentia Wednesday for a 1999 attack that killed several civilians. The court, located…
A Colombian court sentenced five prominent FARC leaders to 40 years in prison in absentia Monday for their involvement in a 1998 attack against an army base in the country’s…
A series of archival photos of the FARC were released by Colombian magazine Semana, providing an unprecedented look into the daily life of Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group. {japopup type=”image”content=”http://www.semana.com/photos/ImgGaleria-G_11049_201277_172837.jpg”…
Recent military operations have separated FARC leader “Timochenko” from his personal security forces and isolated him from the guerrilla group, said the commander of Colombia’s Air Force Sunday. According to…