According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Institute, Colombia reduced its military expenditures by nearly USD$2 billion in 2015.
A new round of talks have begun in Havana to find a negotiated end to the Colombia conflict. But recent history has shown us that only former presidents Santos and Uribe can salvage a peace on the brink.
Bogotá’s emblematic Plaza de Bolívar is at the epicenter of Colombia’s push for peace. A candlelight rally and art installation by Doris Salcedo the highlights of just one week.
President Santos has extended the ceasefire with FARC until Dec. 31 to revive the peace accord rejected in the nationwide plebiscite.
Thousands have marched this week across Colombia to pressure the government and opposition to accept the final peace accord with FARC. Here a perspective from the street.
Thousands of Colombians are marching in support of the the peace accord with FARC as a deadline to end the bilateral ceasefire nears.
A ceasefire between the Colombian government and FARC guerrilla group could end this month following voters’ rejection of a peace deal on Sunday.
In Colombia’s peace vote on Sunday, the country was divided between rural victims and urban residents, leading the country to reject accords with the FARC by a small margin.
Final opinion polls before Colombia’s Sunday peace plebiscite show ‘yes’ voters lead ‘no’ although the margin between the two has grown smaller.
President Santos and FARC’s “Timochenko” exchange peace pins to mark the end of 52 years of conflict.
Representatives of victims groups from across Colombia arrive in Cartagena to attend the peace signing ceremony withe FARC.
Colombia and the FARC guerrilla group will sign an ambitious peace agreement Monday afternoon in Cartagena.
World leaders and international media reacted strongly on Monday to news that Colombia’s government would sign a peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group.
Colombia’s government and the FARC prepare to sign a historic peace agreement in Cartagena on Monday.
Colombia’s FARC guerrilla group will be removed from the EU terror organization list following a peace deal signing with the Colombian government on Monday.
World leaders have begun arriving in Cartagena ahead of the historic peace signing Monday with FARC.