‘Road To Peace’

FARC-EP commander Ivan Marquez delivers a speech at the Convention Palace in Havana before a round of peace talks with the Colombian government, on February 5 , 2014 (AFP Photo/Yamil Lage ) Havana (AFP) – Colombia’s...

The unilateral truce called by Colombia’s rebels over Christmas ended with very few, but telling violations, suggesting that the guerrilla leadership is still seeing its orders obeyed for the most part, but that the risk...

The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, said Tuesday that it questions the government’s desire for peace after a report that a convert CIA program has helped kill at least a dozen of FARC and ELN members. The report, published...

Results achieved in the talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People´s Army (FARC-EP) are encouraging, said the government chief negotiator, Humberto de la Calle. “With all responsibility and without conveying...

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People”s Army (FARC-EP) work to present a comprehensive view of the design of the National Constituent Assembly they propose, its member, Andrew Paris, said here. In an interview...

WASHINGTON  (IPS) – Despite looming differences over Colombia’s drug policy, President Barack Obama renewed his support for a peaceful settlement to the civil war that has plagued the country for over half a century in a...

Delegations of the guerrillas and the Colombian government engaged in peace talks in Havana received here today the conclusion of the forums held in that country on the “Solution to the Problem of Illicit Drugs.” This was...

Two women appointed by the Juan Manuel Santos administration, Nigeria Renteria and Maria Paulina Riveros, will join the government delegation at peace talks with the FARC-EP in Havana. Santos announced today that the women elected...

(UPI) — The major rebel group in peace talks with the Colombian government says it wants an active role in a pilot project to get coca farmers to grow alternative crops. A similar proposal was discussed during talks that failed...

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People”s Army (FARC-EP) described as urgent and a necessary task the arrangement of a campaign in all Latin America and Caribbean countries against U.S. military bases. In a statement...

By Oliver Kaplan, Special to CNN – A year ago today, peace negotiators in Colombia began working with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group to end a nearly 50-year bloody conflict, one that by some estimates...

The Colombian peace negotiations between the Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People”s Army (FARC-EP) and the government will resume on November 28, the parties said in a communique. After the closing of the latest...

Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, asked this week all Colombians to join the efforts of the national government for a peace agreement. “What I ask is that you support me in the peace process. The peace is not mine, it...