Colombia’s government and congress have reached an agreement to change the country’s political system to facilitate FARC rebels’ entry into congress and strengthen opposition in congress.
Colombia’s public opinion has suggested the exit of government officials over a recent FARC visit to a town in northern Colombia. But what was so serious about what happened in…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, wants guaranteed seats in Congress and regional legislative bodies as soon as peace is signed with the government. The government said to support the…
Colombia’s peace talks received a major blow from Congress after the Senate banned rebel group FARC’s possibility to take part in politics, one of the key agreements to ending half a…
With Colombia’s peace talks back on track, the country is looking at what has caused the 50 years of violence that according to the government has left almost a million dead.…
The Colombian government and rebel group FARC have agreed to temporarily create reserved seats for conflict areas in Congress in order to amplify these abandoned regions’ voice in national politics, the…
Only two of six of the FARC’s top commanders currently in Cuba to negotiate an end Colombia’s 50-year-long war between rebels and state are allowed to take part in politics in…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, warned throughout the week that the recent dismissal of the leftist mayor of Bogota has jeopardized the country’s hope for an end to…
A historic lack of political representation in Colombia’s political system is one of the key focuses in the ongoing social, political and economic struggle of the Afro-Colombian community.