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.
In what would be a historic ruling by lawmakers, Colombia could scrap obligatory military service to be replaced by social peace-keeping work in rural areas for young men.
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.
The historic indictment against FARC and its decades-old practice of kidnapping could open a path toward reconciliation. Yet for many victims, a formal apology can’t erase the trauma.
In a letter, one prominent businessman recalls how he was sold into captivity and endured 10 months as an “economic prisoner” of the Colombian guerrilla.
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.
The agreements reached between the Colombian government and FARC ends all hostilities and paves the way for their political future with guarantees and protection from the state.
The Eloria Noyesi coca-eating butterfly could become this country’s substitute weapon in the “War on the Drugs” believes biologist Alberto Gómez Mejía.
Women in a small Afro-Colombian town are coming to terms with their violent past through a community-led initiative to embroider their history as quilts.
The FARC’s maximum commander “Timochenko” releases a statement in which he outlines the rebel’s position on the Havana peace talks.
Tom Hart-Dyke’s lecture at Hay recalled his kidnapping in the Darién in 1999 and how orchids and humor saved his life.