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Colombian Rebels Holding Amazon Hostage In Peace Talks

Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.

International Business Times · Apr 24, 2024

Divisions Among Colombia's FARC Dissidents Complicate Peace Talks

One of Colombia's most powerful guerrilla groups has suffered an internal rupture expected to further complicate the country's troubled peace process.

International Business Times · Apr 17, 2024

Venezuelan General Sentenced To 21 Years For Supporting FARC

Retired Venezuelan general Cliver Alcalá sentenced to over 21 years for supporting FARC and drug trafficking. Significant implications on international dru...

Colombia Faces Major Attacks By FARC Dissidents

Colombia faces violence from FARC dissidents, challenging President Petro's peace efforts in a complex security landscape.

Colombia Guerrillas Lure Youth On TikTok

With promises of wealth and images glorifying fighters among vast fields of coca leaves, Colombia's modern-day guerrillas are urging young people to join their ranks via TikTok.

International Business Times · Apr 3, 2024

Colombia's Cocaine Canyon: The Guerrilla Turf Impeding Peace

Bright green coca plantations blanket the mountains along the narrow Micay canyon, the heartland of Colombia's holdout guerrillas who rule their fiefdom like a mini-state.

International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024

Amid Crime Surge, Vendors In Bogota Turn To Hired Guns

On the streets of a Bogota neighborhood where a businessman was killed for refusing to pay protection money, retired soldiers sporting weapons and camouflage gear keep a watchful eye on every movement.

International Business Times · Mar 20, 2024

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Colombia Says Armed Groups Not Respecting Ceasefire

The Colombian government on Tuesday accused two key armed groups of failing to comply with an ongoing ceasefire in place during peace talks aimed at ending decades of conflict in the country.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2024

Colombia Signs $1.2 Billion Loan Agreements With Multilateral Lenders

The three contracts will help reform programs such as the peace agenda, strengthening gender equality policy and implementing the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) agenda in the environmental sector that will be implemented over the years.

Latin Times · Feb 13, 2024

Colombia To Hold Peace Talks With Ex-FARC Guerilla Holdouts

The Colombian government will hold fresh peace talks with one of the main dissident FARC guerrilla groups still active in the country, according to a document released Friday.

International Business Times · Feb 9, 2024

Colombian Government, ELN Rebels Resume Peace Talks In Havana

Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group started a sixth round of peace talks Monday, seeking to agree in Cuba on an extension of a ceasefire that expires next week.

International Business Times · Jan 23, 2024

From Colombia's FARC Escape to 'CEO of the Year' in the U.S.: Margarita Womack's Success with MasPanadas

"My company makes me proud to be Colombian," the Ph.D. and founder of MasPanadas told The Latin Times. A look at how she got to where she is.

Latin Times · Jan 22, 2024

Guerrilla fighters turned craft brewers: Colombia’s unlikely beer company with a message of peace

In Bogotá, a brewery founded by former Farc members has become a cultural hub teaching visitors about Colombia’s violent history and road to reconciliation

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

Colombian Government Extends Ceasefire With FARC-EMC Rebel Group

Elizabeth Dickinson, a Colombia analyst at the International Crisis Group, appreciated the ceasefire extension, noting that it has so far limited the clashes between the government and the rebel groups.

Latin Times · Jan 16, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence

Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set to expire this week, as both sides hold peace talks in Bogota that seek to reduce violence in rural parts of the country

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

Ancestral spirit: can brewing a traditional moonshine help Colombia’s youth avoid gangs?

Viche, a sugar cane-based drink made by African-Colombian communities for centuries, is slowly gaining legality and respectability

Al Jazeera · Nov 17, 2023

Colombia’s Santos: I copied aspects of Northern Ireland peace agreement

The former Colombian president, a Nobel laureate for his peacebuilding efforts, talks to Al Jazeera.

Reason · Oct 25, 2023

Hamas' Attack in Israel Doesn't Reveal Much About U.S. Border Security

There is little, if any, comparison between the terrorist threat that Israel faces and security problems along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Colombian president's statements on Gaza jeopardize close military ties with Israel

Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

UN envoy: Colombian president's commitments to rural reforms and peace efforts highlight first year

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Criminals without borders: the transnational gangs terrorising the Amazon

Indigenous peoples in Colombia are being targeted and fragmented by armed groups who plunder the forest for gold and timber and take control of land

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

President Gustavo Petro's plan for 'total peace' in Colombia: Takeaways from AP's report

Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and more

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Fernando Botero obituary

Colombian painter and sculptor of voluminous figures that grace city centres the world over, including Paris, Madrid and London

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2023

Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations

Former members of the Farc guerrilla army in Colombia who laid down their arms as part of a peace deal in 2016 are being forced off the land they were allowed to settle after they demobilised.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

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