Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization AGC said Monday it had hired lawyers to negotiate their demobilization with the government of President Gustavo Petro. According to a press release, the lawyers will…
Colombia’s prosecutor general’s office on Friday refused to lift arrest warrants of paramilitary leaders, effectively blocking the government’s peace process. Deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcera wrote Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda…
Representatives of illegal armed groups will help verify compliance with a six-month ceasefire with Colombia’s security forces, the interior minister said Monday. In a press conference, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada…
Colombia’s security forces will try to uphold bilateral ceasefires with five illegal armed groups in the coming six months. The ceasefires would temporarily end hostilities between the security forces and…
Colombia’s security forces and the country’s largest illegal armed groups will uphold a temporary ceasefire to facilitate negotiations, according to President Gustavo Petro. In an announcement, Petro said that his…
Colombia’s Congress approved a bill that allows President Gustavo Petro to negotiate the dismantling of illegal armed groups. The bill gives Petro congressional support for his ambitious “Total Peace” policy,…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is taking a major risk by resuming peace talks with ELN guerrillas in Venezuela. Petro’s peace commissioner Danilo Rueda announced earlier this month that the neighboring…
The United Nations expressed support for talks between Colombia’s government and illegal armed groups involved in armed conflict and organized crime. The United Nations’ representative in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz, expressed…
Colombia’s peace commissioner and foreign officials met with dissident FARC guerrillas to discuss a possible peace process on Saturday. The meeting between Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda and leaders of the…