Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday ordered his chief negotiator in suspended peace talks with ELN guerrillas to return to Ecuador and negotiate a new ceasefire. Chief negotiator Gustavo…
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Colombia’s government and ELN rebels to cease attacks and resume “a serious an constructive dialogue” days after violence broke out. Guterres made…
A ceasefire with guerrilla group ELN resulted in Colombia’s first 100 days without armed conflict in more than half a century, but failed to prevent guerrilla violence, according to independent…
The Colombian government’s chief negotiator said Thursday that he seeks to resume a ceasefire with ELN guerrillas, but will stay in Bogota until after Saturday. Chief negotiator Gustavo Bell returned…
ELN guerrillas carried out at least three attacks and killed one soldier on the day after a bilateral ceasefire came to an end, Colombia’s defense minister said Wednesday. The failure…
President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the return to Colombia of the chief negotiator in peace talks with the ELN after the guerrilla group allegedly attacked an oil pipeline. The attack…
Colombia’s military and ELN rebels resumed hostilities on Wednesday after failing to agree to an extension of a bilateral ceasefire, in spite of pleas by victims and the international community…
With less than 24 hours before the expiring of a bilateral ceasefire between Colombia’s government and ELN guerrillas, nobody knows whether Wednesday will see renewed violence or not. Negotiators of…
Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday that ELN guerrillas will “the full force” of a military offensive if they do not extend a bilateral ceasefiree. Government representatives and ELN rebels have…