Colombia's court on the conflict with FARC rebels in limbo as president-elect vows to dismantle it

A decade after Colombia's peace accord with the rebel FARC group, the tribunal handling crimes related to the conflict faces ...
Digital Journal

FARC holding Colombia general, talks hang in balance

Colombia’s FARC guerrillas confirmed Tuesday that they are holding a missing general whose kidnapping caused the government to suspend peace talks aimed at ending the country’s 50-year-old conflict.

Colombia's escalating, brutal internal conflict is defining its presidential election

A left-wing senator who backs talks with armed gangs faces an outsider endorsed by Trump.
KUOW

From guns to ballots: FARC's campaign for votes in Colombia

BUGALAGRANDE, Colombia—Ten years ago, former Marxist guerrillas in Colombia signed a peace treaty with the government. The deal allowed them to lay down their weapons and run for elected office. Now, ...

Two sides of a political chasm share one fear in Colombia's presidential race: A return to the past

More than 10 million people are victims of the harshest acts of violence in Colombia's six decades of armed conflict.
Digital Journal

Colombia’s FARC rebels announce one-month ceasefire

Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels announced Wednesday they will observe a one-month unilateral ceasefire in response to an international appeal for an urgent de-escalation in the country’s decades-old ...
SFGate

Colombia says former FARC rebels have not kept promises to surrender cash and gold

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The former rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is violating a 2016 peace deal with the Colombian government by failing to relinquish gold, land and ...
Cfr.org

In Colombia, Is the Clock Turning Back on Security?

Colombia is facing its most severe security crisis since its 2016 peace accord. In January, the still-active National Liberation Army (ELN), launched an offensive in Catatumbo, a major coca-producing ...