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Colombian president proposes multilateral ceasefire to illegal armed groups

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who took office earlier this month, on Saturday proposed a multilateral ceasefire to all illegal armed groups operating in the country as part of an effort to promote peace and end decades of internal conflict.

Reuters

Gun-toting guerilla president rolls out 'tax-the-rich' policy in Colombia

Once a guerilla fighter imprisoned for firearm offences, President Gustavo Petro rose to office earlier this year and has revealed a number of controversial policies, including seeking "total peace" with drug lords and a tax on the country's wealthiest residents

Daily Mirror

Colombia will not extradite criminals who fulfill deals with gov't -Petro

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that drug traffickers who comply with government surrender conditions and exit the trade will not be extradited to face charges abroad.

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Afro-Colombians helped install a new government in Bogotá. Will it address their needs?

Despite launching several initiatives, the Pacific coast region suffers from lack of basic services and is in the grips of violence

The Guardian - US

Colombian government and ELN rebels meet in Havana to restart peace talks

Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years ago

The Guardian - US

Colombia and ELN rebels begin moving to restart peace talks

Colombia’s new government and members of the nation's last guerrilla group are moving toward restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba

The Independent UK

Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

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Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

Reuters

Russian arms dealer extradited from Thailand unaware of US swap: wife

A Russian arms trafficker who was arrested in Thailand and is serving a 25-year jail term in the United States knows nothing about a possible exchange with two US prisoners in Russia, his wife said.

Bangkok Post

UN: Violence rising in rural Colombia despite peace deal

The United Nations Human Rights Office says in a report that violence is increasing in many rural areas of Colombia despite a 2016 peace deal between that nation’s government and its largest guerilla group

The Independent UK

Colombia's next government must focus on tackling criminal groups, U.N. says

Colombia's next government must prioritize dismantling illegal armed groups and criminal gangs, a report from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday, with rising violence devastating rural communities.

Reuters

Colombia military kills FARC dissident leader Mordisco

Nestor Gregorio Vera, who commanded a group of former Colombian rebels who rejected a peace deal and was best known by his alias Ivan Mordisco, died in an armed forces bombing this week, Defense Minister Diego Molano said on Friday.

Reuters

Colombia must advance talks with armed groups to secure peace -truth commission president

Colombia's armed conflict will only end when the 2016 peace deal with the now-demobilized FARC guerrillas is properly implemented and peace talks with other armed groups and gangs make progress, the president of the Andean country's peace commission said.

Reuters

Colombia Could Have Had a Coke-Legalizing, TikTok-Famous President. They Elected a Socialist Instead.

President-elect Gustavo Petro could easily take Colombia in an illiberal direction.

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Colombia president-elect Petro names peace envoy as foreign minister

Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro named long-time politician and peace envoy Alvaro Leyva as the first member of his future cabinet on Saturday, ahead of Petro's August inauguration.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Colombia’s election: a chance for a change

Editorial: The emergence of a progressive politics in a country traditionally in the grip of the right should be welcomed

The Independent UK

Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels

The Independent UK

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia’s ex-guerrilla fighters

For the almost 13,000 former Farc guerrillas, the end of the conflict in 2016 initiated a process of ‘disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration’. Camilo Tamayo Gomez and Gavin Hart spoke to the ex-combatants looking to move on

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Colombia ELN rebel group open to peace talks with next president Gustavo Petro

Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) is open to advancing peace talks with the incoming government of President-elect Gustavo Petro, it said on Monday, and called for reforms to tackle social exclusion and inequality.

Axios

Colombia elects Gustavo Petro as country's first leftist president

Petro's running mate, Francia Márquez, is set to become the country's first Black vice president.

Reuters

Colombia extradites ex-FARC commander to U.S. on drugs charges

Colombia has extradited a former commander of the leftist FARC paramilitary group to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Friday.

Reuters

Rural reforms least implemented part of Colombia peace deal -observers

Rural reforms to correct deep inequalities in the Colombian countryside are the least implemented part of the country's 2016 peace deal with the FARC rebels, the academic body which tracks the accord said on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia's ex-guerrilla fighters: ‘Words of reconciliation are our only weapons now’

The election of Iván Duque four years ago was a threat for us. But we will continue to follow the peace agreement regardless of who is the next president of Colombia. We are more determined than ever to comply with the peace accords, and this is the reason they want…

The Conversation

The left could be poised to take power in Colombia for the first time

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, obtained 40.34 per cent of the vote in the first round of Colombian elections on May 29.

Reuters

Colombia's Petro: firebrand former rebel vows profound change

Gustavo Petro, who topped voting tallies with 40.8% in Colombia's first round of presidential elections on Sunday, has said his political awakening came when he watched his father weep over the death of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

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