The assassination of Ecuador’s Fernando Villavicencio underscores a broader landscape of political turmoil, with assassination plots, affecting Venezuela, and Colombia.
Facing a widening political scandal into illegal campaign financing, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro called for a “national accord” to secure peace with ELN.
The release of Sergeant Karina Ramírez, her children and family pet, after five days in captivity by the ELN guerrilla is being welcomed by Colombians as a gesture of peace. The guerrilla, however, will continue to kidnap despite a bilateral ceasefire.
As the political crisis of the Petro government deepens after explosive audios were leaked to Semana, the Maoist ELN guerilla will announce from Havana, Cuba, a six month, bilateral ceasefire.
The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla is threatening to abandon the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, after a declaration by President Petro to the Armed Forces.
Colombia’s vast Sumapaz is back in the spotlight after locals who reside in this remote region south of Bogotá claim that FARC is encroaching into the high-altitude wetland, including the 53 Front of the dissident guerrilla.
La masacre de nuestros soldados ha tenido un gran repudio de la sociedad civil. La campaña que inició la FM hoy es nacional y todos los colombianos de bien nos estamos sumando a ella.
President Petro has recalled the government’s peace negotiators after the ELN guerrilla attacked a military platoon in Norte de Santander killing nine soldiers and injuring nine others.
Colombia’s Security Forces began clearing roads of debris in northeastern Antioquia after a violent weekend in which one person was killed and 25 injured.
Colombia ground to a halt during the month of January in its decades-long efforts to manually eradicate coca. Not one hectare of the illegal cash crop was destroyed. The government outlined the reasons.
The ELN guerrilla has denied any “agreement” with the leftist government of Gustavo Petro on a ceasefire despite a recent announcement by the Colombian President.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged “support of the United Nations to Colombia’s efforts to achieve full and lasting peace” after Petro announced a bilateral ceasefire with ELN guerrilla.
During Petro’s 100 days in office, 58 social leaders have been killed, and almost one-third of the total documented for 2022 by NGO Indepaz.
The last remaining Marxist guerrilla in Colombia – ELN – and Colombian government formally resumed peace talks in Venezuela to end a six decades old conflict.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro has faced steady opposition to his economic reforms during his first 100 days in office. On Monday, peace talks resume with the ELN guerrilla.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro is heading to Caracas to meet his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The short visit will address the start of peace talks with ELN.