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Colombia Spying

Colombian senators seek protection after surveillance report

20-01-2020 12:26 Report in Colombian magazine quotes members of an elite military intelligence unit who say their superiors ordered them to eavesdrop on high-ranking members of the opposition.

COLOMBIA PEACE PROCESS

UN envoy for Colombia: Peace depends on stopping killings

14-01-2020 14:21 Carlos Ruiz Massieu's comments come in the wake of news that Colombian authorities thwarted planned attempt to kill ex-FARC commander Rodrigo Londoño.

REGIONAL UNREST SPREADS?

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

22-11-2019 10:08 Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque and hoping to channel Latin America’s wave of discontent took the streets by the tens of thousands Thursday in one of the biggest protests in the nation’s recent history.

Colombia-Venezuela

Colombian intelligence leader quits after UN false document scandal

30-09-2019 18:36 The head of the Colombian military intelligence resigned on Monday after President Iván Duque delivered a report from his office to the United Nations on the alleged presence of Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela.

Human rights

Colombia ex-rebels testify about crimes at special peace tribunal

24-09-2019 18:21 Former combatants for Colombia's once-largest rebel army, FARC, asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation's longest civil conflict.

COLOMBIAN CONFLICT

Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

29-08-2019 09:27 A group of former peace negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) say they are taking up arms again following what they considered the failure of a 2016 peace deal to guarantee their political rights.

Missing Ex-FARC Leader

Colombian court orders arrest of missing ex-FARC leader

10-07-2019 16:20 Colombian President Duque responds with a denunciation of FARC

ELECTION THIS SUNDAY

FARC deal crucial in Colombia presidential poll

26-05-2018 11:35 Colombia to vote in the first presidential ballot since the 2016 peace deal with the former guerrillas. Opinion polls put 41-year-old senator Ivan Duque as the favouirite, buoyed by support from hardline ex-president Álvaro Uribe.

KILLING AFTER RANSOM DEMAND

Argentine woman killed by suspected FARC rebels in Colombia

25-05-2018 16:30 An Argentine woman leading Israeli tourists on a tour of marijuana-producing areas of southwestern Colombia has been kidnapped and murdered by alleged FARC dissidents.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS

Right-wing parties opposed to FARC peace deal lead Colombia vote

12-03-2018 14:36 Colombians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new Congress, and a resurgent right, bitterly opposed to a peace deal that allows leftist former rebels to participate, polled strongly.

COLOMBIA ELECTION

Colombia's former rebel leaders now battle for votes

09-03-2018 14:38 Ahead of Colombia's March 11 election, FARC looks to expand their congressional presence.

COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS

FARC withdraws Timochenko from Colombia's presidential race

08-03-2018 13:45 Iván Márquez, a Senate candidate and senior member of the political party formed by the former FARC rebels, told reporters that party members decided not to field a candidate after ex-FARC leader underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Wednesday.