News of farc

Ex-Colombia president Uribe denies blame for killings

17-08-2021 13:36 Colombia's military carried out at least 6,400 extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2008, during Uribe's presidency, a special court investigating nation's decades-long armed conflict concluded in June.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court investigates FARC for recruitment of 18,000 children

11-08-2021 15:57 Colombia's former rebel group being investigated over alleged recruitment of more than 18,000 children to fight in guerrilla conflict against state.

FARC

Colombia militant jailed for 28 years for Ecuador press murders

11-06-2021 18:53 Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, also known as "Cherry", confessed to abducting and killing of two journalists and their driver on the border between Ecuador and Colombia.

Colombia

Buenaventura: Colombia's port of the missing

27-05-2021 13:21 In the last 20 years, Some 779 people have been forcibly disappeared in Buenaventura, Colombia. The poor neighbourhood of La Playita, near the city's port, has seen 44 murders so far this year alone.

Maduro's Venezuela

Venezuela to request UN aid to clear mines from Colombia border

05-04-2021 12:34 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said in a televised speech that the country is preparing to ask for immediate emergency aid from the UN to defuse antipersonnel mines allegedly placed in the southeast of the country by Colombian armed groups.

COLOMBIA

Tribunal charges former FARC members with war crimes

29-01-2021 17:53 Eight high-ranking members of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerilla movement, including serving politicians, are being charged with war crimes, a court said Thursday.

HUMAN RIGHTS

United Nations condemns spike in Colombia 'massacres'

18-08-2020 08:46 The United Nations peace mission in Colombia condemns a spiral of violence engulfing the country, saying it had documented 33 massacres so far this year.

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.

News of farc

Ex-Colombia president Uribe denies blame for killings

Court investigates FARC for recruitment of 18,000 children

Colombia militant jailed for 28 years for Ecuador press murders

Buenaventura: Colombia's port of the missing

Venezuela to request UN aid to clear mines from Colombia border

Tribunal charges former FARC members with war crimes

United Nations condemns spike in Colombia 'massacres'

Colombian senators seek protection after surveillance report

UN envoy for Colombia: Peace depends on stopping killings

Colombians fill streets hoping to channel wave of discontent

Colombian intelligence leader quits after UN false document scandal

Colombia ex-rebels testify about crimes at special peace tribunal

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

Crisis deepens as Fernández de Kirchner blasts president

Tens of thousands march for jobs in Buenos Aires

Fernández de Kirchner blasts president over ‘catastrophic’ loss

Inflation slowed to 2.5% in August, but still expected to clear 48% this year

Uno por uno, los nombres que conformarían el “nuevo” gabinete de Alberto Fernández

Con una ironía contra Cristina, el vocero presidencial Juan Pablo Biondi presentó su renuncia "indeclinable"

El periodista y amigo de Alberto Fernández que suena como posible vocero presidencial

Gildo Insfrán calificó a los porteños de "zánganos que viven del esfuerzo y trabajo del pueblo argentino"

Alberto decidió los cambios: Manzur jefe de Gabinete, vuelve Aníbal Fernández y Cafiero reeemplaza a Solá en Cancillería