Ex-senator Piedad Cordoba has confirmed Monday that Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group ELN will also seek negotiations towards a peace process with the government. In an interview with news site…
The association of Colombia’s retired military commanders, a powerful lobby, said Monday it supports peace talks with the FARC under a number of conditions that include the banning of a…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced that formal peace talks with the FARC will begin “in the coming weeks.” While speaking before press in the presidential palace, Santos…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos will announce the beginning of formal peace talks with the FARC on Tuesday, radio station Caracol reported Monday. Several media reported that the president has…
Colombia’s “peace talks” are destined to fail, because such negotiations are a repetition of similar attempts of the last 30 years and conditions are no different now than they were…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will negotiate an end to the country’s armed conflict with the government “without hatred or arrogance,” said rebel leader “Timochenko” Monday. The supreme rebel leader…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday affirmed his government’s objective to “realize this dream of peace” and put an end to the “pain and violence” caused by the country’s…
With the announcement of peace talks, Colombians have heard many different definitions of peace from many different political figures over the last week or so; many may not be that…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday that to obtain peace in his country, more is needed than just an agreement with rebel groups who have been fighting the state…