Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday he would not sign a bad peace deal with the FARC in order to meet the March 23 deadline for an accord.
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Colombia’s attorney general to investigate defense, military leaders
Colombia’s attorney general opened an investigation Monday against military and defense leaders related to an illegal FARC meeting earlier in February.
Did FARC just give Colombians the ‘conejo?’
An illegal meeting at Conejo tested peace negotiations between the FARC and Colombian government with just weeks to go.
Illegal FARC meeting throws wrench into Colombia peace talks
An illegal FARC gathering in a small town in northern Colombia has critics wondering if the guerrilla group will play fair in the post-conflict.
International groups skeptical of Colombia peace process
The ICC wondered Wednesday whether Colombia’s peace deal with the FARC would provide sufficient justice for crimes against humanity.
With Washington visit, President Santos pushes post-conflict Plan Colombia
Fifteen years after Plan Colombia went into effect, President Santos is in Washington to meet with President Obama and others to talk about the post-conflict era.
FARC requests removal from EU terrorist group list
FARC representatives asked the EU Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday to consider removing them from a list of global terrorist organizations.
UN Security Council votes to monitor Colombia in post-conflict
A special mission of the U.N. Security Council will oversee a ceasefire and disarmament in Colombia, ending decades of conflict with the FARC guerrilla group.
Former FARC rebels get reprieve, families of disappeared get closure
Family members of 29 disappeared persons received the remains of their loved ones as 16 former FARC combatants were granted reprieves.
Colombia, FARC agree to let UN monitor ceasefire
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels agreed on Tuesday to ask the UN to monitor a ceasefire for at least a year following an eventual peace accord.
Santos: Colombia peace accord ‘the best ever negotiated’
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announces from Havana, Cuba, the final stretch for peace talks with the FARC guerrilla.
Colombia, FARC reach another milestone in peace talks
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels reached a key agreement this week on how to deal with victims, moving both parties closer to a final peace deal.
Colombia looks at medical marijuana’s economic potential
Medical marijuana is a bigger industry worldwide than all of Colombia’s coffee exports. A law to legalize it in Colombia could be a game changer.
Venezuela: ‘We will sue the United States’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced he will sue the United States as his nation prepares for parliamentary elections.
The uncertain political future of FARC
Despite the historic handshake between FARC’s “Timochenko” and President Santos, Colombians remain skeptical over the guerrilla’s proposed political future.
Colombia seals peace with a handshake
During an historic encounter in Havana, the Colombian government and FARC announce that a peace deal will be reached before March 2016.