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With FARC’s Political Party Over, Colombia’s Peace Accord Faces Deadline

By The City Paper Staff - October 8, 2026

Nine years after Colombia signed its historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), one of the central political promises of the Final Accord has run out of road. Comunes, the party formed by the last FARC Secretariat and guerrilla warlords, has lost its legal status after failing to secure sufficient support […]

Colombia’s JEP indicts ex-FARC commanders on War Crimes and Child Recruitment

By The City Paper Staff - November 13, 2024

Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has indicted six former FARC commanders on war crimes charges, including child recruitment and severe abuses committed against minors during the internal conflict.

Colombia’s ex-FARC combatants become tour guides in post-conflict

By Emma Jones - September 12, 2019

The international recognition of “Remando por la Paz” on the rafting circuit gives ex-FARC combatants employment opportunities in sports and eco-tourism.

FARC’s Londoño calls on party to “mark distance” with Márquez.

By Richard Emblin - May 23, 2019

As the peace accord faces serious obstacles, FARC party leader “Timochenko” rallies support for the accord by “marking distance” with former negotiator Iván Márquez.