New Colombian President Promises ‘Corrections’ to Peace Deal
Aug 7, 2018 Ivan Duque, the protege of a powerful right-wing former president, promises to "make corrections" to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divided the country and to crack down on armed groups still roaming the countryside.Doubts Loom Over Colombia Peace Deal With Hawk’s Election
Jun 18, 2018 Ivan Duque, who takes office in August, campaigned on rolling back benefits inscribed in a peace deal brokered by outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos.Former Colombian Rebels Blame U.S. for Leader’s Arrest
Apr 10, 2018 Leaders of Colombia's disbanded FARC rebel army accuse the U.S. of trapping a prominent rebel negotiator on a drug warrant in order to sabotage the country's already struggling peace process.Colombia’s Former Guerrillas Face First Electoral Test
Mar 11, 2018 Analysts see the congressional balloting as a test of the democratic viability of the political party that emerged from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which fought the state for 52 years until a historic peace deal was reached in 2016.Chiquita Sued Over Guerrillas’ Murder of 6 Americans in 1990s
Feb 3, 2018 Relatives of slain missionaries and others are seeking millions from the banana company because of payments it made to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.Why Did Colombians Reject an End to 52 Years of War With Leftist Guerrillas?
Oct 3, 2016 By a margin of 0.4 percent, voters rejected a negotiated agreement that would have made the FARC militia a legal political party.
Big Political Problems Remain Unresolved in Colombia Despite Historic Cease-Fire
Sep 3, 2016 Human rights experts from Colombia explain that although the peace agreement with the rebel group FARC is a milestone, issues of “transitional justice” still plague the country. Among these is addressing the sexual violence that occurred over the years.
The Terror We Give Is the Terror We Get
Feb 9, 2015 Both ISIS and the West revel in brutality that feeds the fever for war. The line that separates us from our enemies is technological, not moral. We are those we fight.The CIA and NSA Helped Colombia Target and Kill FARC Leaders
Dec 22, 2013 A clandestine program that began under the Bush administration and continues under the Obama administration led to the killings of at least two dozen leaders of the rebel group, The Washington Post reports. How did the U.S. justify involving itself in assassinations by another government? The same Office of Legal Counsel that OK'd the use of torture said it could.
Colombian Rebel Leader Killed
Sep 24, 2010 Jorge Briceno, aka “Mono Jojoy,” had long operated as a senior leader of the FARC rebel force in Colombia. But on Thursday news came that Briceno had been killed in a military airstrike, dealing a blow to the guerrilla movement and providing a public relations coup for newly minted President Juan Manuel Santos.
