Colombia

Colombia

Work to restart on Colombia's landmark FARC deal

Voters rejected the landmark deal as too lenient on the rebels in a popular vote on Sunday. The shock result has plunged the country into uncertainty.

03/10/2016

Colombia

Back to the drawing board in Bogota

Work will begin on Monday to revive a plan to end the 52-year conflict between the Colombian government and the country's Marxist FARC guerrillas

03/10/2016

Colombia

Colombia rejects peace deal with FARC rebels

Colombian voters confound forecasters by rejecting a landmark peace deal with FARC rebels considering it "too soft" on the guerrillas.

03/10/2016

Colombia

Colombians reject landmark peace deal with FARC

Colombian voters confound forecasters by rejecting a landmark peace deal with FARC rebels considering it "too soft" on the guerrillas.

03/10/2016

Colombia

Colombians head to the polls to vote on a historic peace deal with the FARC

Recent polls show two-thirds are likely to vote in favour of the agreement signed between the President and the head of the FARC on Monday.

02/10/2016

Colombia

Yes and No in Colombia: behind the divisions ahead of the vote to ratify the historic peace deal

Colombians are going to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to ratify a peace deal that would bring an end to Latin America's longest running armed conflict.

01/10/2016

Colombia

Deadly Hurricane Matthew reaches highest level

Hurricane Matthew has turned deadly off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, killing at least one person as it heads north.

01/10/2016

Colombia

Rebels seek forgiveness before referendum on peace deal

In the week before Colombia holds a referendum on whether to accept a peace deal to end over fifty years of civil war, commanders of the main rebel group, the FARC, have been asking their victims to f

01/10/2016

World

Colombia prepares for poll over historic peace deal

After four years of talks, FARC members unanimously agreed to a peace deal with the Columbian government to end a bitter conflict that’s lasted more than half a…

01/10/2016

Colombia

Colombians call for 'no more war' as historic peace deal is signed between Farc rebels and the government

More than 50 years of civil war and bloodshed have been officially brought to an end with the signing of a peace deal between Colombia and Farc rebels.

27/09/2016

Colombia

Colombia prepares to bid farewell to arms

Colombia’s government and Marxist rebel are readying to end a half-century war that’s killed a quarter of a million people.

26/09/2016

Colombia

Colombia prepares for poll over historic peace deal

After four years of talks, FARC members unanimously agreed to a peace deal with the Columbian government to end a bitter conflict that’s lasted more than half a…

26/09/2016

Colombia

Colombia prepares for signing of historic peace deal

Colombia’s Caribbean town of Cartagena is preparing to host the signing of an historic peace deal between the Colombian government and Farc rebels.

26/09/2016

Colombia

Colombia peace pact with FARC rebels to be signed on Sept 26

A date has been set for peace in Colombia.

03/09/2016

Colombia

Colombia's FARC rebels announce a definitive truce

Colombia’s leftist rebel group the FARC has ordered its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight local time in a definitive truce.

29/08/2016

World

Colombia's peace deal heads to Congress

It was an historic moment: the formal peace agreement made in Havana to end 52 years of civil war in Colombia.

26/08/2016

Colombia

Colombia government urges referendum backing for FARC peace deal

The Colombian government has defended the peace deal agreed on Wednesday under which leftist FARC rebels will give up their armed struggle and join the political…

25/08/2016

Colombia

Colombia's long road to peace

After 52 years of fighting and four years of negotiations Latin America’s longest running conflict has officially ended.

25/08/2016

Colombia

Colombia and FARC rebels sign historic peace deal

After four years of negotiations the Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels have signed a historic peace agreement ending a 50-year-old insurgency.

25/08/2016

Colombia

Venezuela and Colombia agree to re-open border crossings

border to re-open along five crossings to pedestrians to remain open for 15hrs per day full re-opening under discussion Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to partially re-open their…

12/08/2016

Colombia

Colombian authorities burn down more than 100 cocaine 'laboratories'

Colombian authorities say they have destroyed more than 100 cocaine laboratories.

03/08/2016

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Crossing into Colombia

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans streamed across the border from the town of San Antonio del Tachira into Cucuta, Colombia on Sunday (17 July) to stock up on food, home goods and medicine that are in

19/07/2016

Colombia

The National Liberation Army fails to follow in the footsteps of FARC rebels and lay down arms

The National Liberation Army, known as the ELN is one of many 20th century Latin American guerrilla movements inspired by Marxist ideology and the success of the 1959 Cuban…

01/07/2016

Colombia

Celebratory scenes on the streets of Bogota

The signing of the historic ceasefire deal between so-called FARC rebels and the Colombian government marks one of the final steps towards a full peace deal in the…

24/06/2016

Colombia

Colombia's government and main rebel army sign historic ceasefire deal in Cuba

Latin American leaders and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gathered in the Cuban capital Havana have witnessed the historic signing of a ceasefire deal between Colombia’s government and its main

23/06/2016

Colombia

Historic ceasefire deal brings peace closer to Colombia

Colombia’s civil war began as a 1960s peasant revolt but then exploded into a cocaine-fuelled conflict which killed at least 22,000 people and displaced…

23/06/2016