The Colombian Government of President Gustavo Petro is ready to restart peace talks in Cuba with the country’s last remaining Marxist guerrilla, ELN.
An unprecedented spate in killings of members of Colombia’s National Police has placed security forces on high alert.
In the last Guarumo poll released before the May 29 presidential election, the percentage points of front runners Gustavo Petro and Federico Gutiérrez remain virtually unchanged.
Russia has not ruled out sending military hardware to South America should conflict break out in Ukraine.A Cold War flashpoint could become the Colombia Venezuela border.
As mine clearing continues across Colombia, the use of explosive ordnances by ELN and FARC along the Venezuelan border has exacerbated confrontation in the region.
Colombia’s extra-judicial killings and child recruitment are some of the abuses profiled in the most recent country report by the U.S State Department.
In a direct threat against Colombian President Iván Duque, ex-FARC dissident commander Santrich appeared in a video taken in the Venezuelan state of Zulia.
Cuba has warned the Colombia Government that a terror attack by ELN’s Eastern War Front against Bogotá could happen within days.
President Iván Duque confirmed Sunday the death of one of ELN’s front commanders and responsible for the recent attacks against police stations in Bogotá.
Mayor López has questioned the role of the ELN guerrilla in recent Bogotá protests, yet the Marxist organization has confirmed it attacked police installations.
Claudia López accuses the National Police of using indiscriminate force during the Bogotá protests. Government claims criminal organizations attacked the city.
The US Department of State’s 2019 terrorism report claims that Colombia’s ELN has resurged from its historical base and half of its 3,000 members are in Venezuela.
Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla ELN have announced a month-long ceasefire as a humanitarian gesture with the advance in the country of COVID-19.
The ELN guerrilla has announced a 72-hour Armed Strike taking effect Thursday, February 14. The “Paro Armado” warns civilians to avoid all road, air and river transport.
Venezuelan leader Juan Guaidó referred to Gustavo Petro, the socialist Senator and former Mayor of Bogotá, as an “accomplice of the Maduro dictatorship.”
The commanders of the National Liberation Army (ELN) will be charged by the Attorney General’s Office for the bombing of Bogotá’s Police Academy last year.