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Colombia coca cultivation at 'all-time high', UN warns

Colombia's 2017 cocaine production is estimated to have a value of $2.7 billion (€2.3 billion).

20 September 2018

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Colombia’s President Ivan Duque sworn in pledging to unite divided nation

The right-wing leader, who takes over from Juan Manuel Santos, has taken office vowing to heal divisions and improve a peace deal with the FARC rebel movement.

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Colombia chooses a new president

The two would-be successors to President Santos could be more different from each other.

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Colombia: irreversible peace?

Euronews speaks to Colombia's incumbent president -Juan Manuel Santos- about how the crucial upcoming elections will impact the country's delicate peace process.

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Fears for landmark peace accord as Colombia votes

Ivan Duque wins the first round of Colombia's presidential election, raising concerns that the 2016 peace accord with FARC rebels could be under threat.

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Colombians vote in high-stakes presidential election

Colombians head to the polls in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday

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Colombia's conservatives leave Farc behind in elections

Colombia’s conservatives storm ahead in the elections, leaving the Farc lagging behind, but no party wins an overall majority.

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Colombia's ELN stand their ground while talking peace

The last major armed rebel group in Colombia, the ELN, is struggling to finalise peace terms with the government ahead of a January ceasefire deadline.

13 December 2017

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Former rebel group registers as political party in Colombia

Former fighters of what was once Colombia's largest rebel group are completing the final steps to become a new political party

10 October 2017

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Pope Francis urges Colombia to stay on the path of peace

Pope Francis spent his first full day in Colombia urging President Juan Manuel Santos and other political leaders to avoid vengeance following the country's decades-long civil war.

7 September 2017

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Colombia's former rebels put on Bogota concert

Colombia's former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono marked the evolution of his rebel army into a political party at a concert put on for thousands of supporters in the capital Bogota.

2 September 2017

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FARC rebels look to political future

Colombia's FARC rebels are now a political party. But the country's peace process is ongoing with hundreds of former Farc rebels still awaiting trial.

2 September 2017

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Colombia's disarmed FARC rebels form political party

2 September 2017

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FARC unveil new political party

Colombia's FARCrebels unveil new political party but acknowledge the system may be against them in coming elections

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FARC leader 'Timochenko' suffers stroke

FARC leader 'Timochenko' taken to hospital after suffering stroke. The 59-year-old expected to be able to leave within 48-hours

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President Santos of Colombia: you have to draw a line between peace and justice

Nobel Peace Prizewinner, President Juan Manuel Santos, talks to Isabelle Kumar about why bringing peace does not always bring popularity at the polls.

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Colombia ceremony to mark end of FARC disarmament expected at 18h CET

The UN has confirmed that the majority of weapons have been handed over

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Dutch journalists freed by Colombian rebels

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FARC questions peace deal commitment

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360° video: Food security programmes to reduce displacement in rural areas

In Colombia, the UN is trying to help rural communities whose food security has been challenged by the government’s attempt to curb coca production through land-fumigation.