Violence by criminal gangs battling over drug trafficking areas has displaced more than 800 people in northwestern Colombia, the United Nations said... READ MORE›
Colombia's former FARC Marxist rebel group has temporarily suspended its campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections due to security threats to its candidates... READ MORE›
TODAY Paying the piper in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has officially ended its anti-corruption blitz after extracting more than 130 billion from some of its richest citizens... READ MORE›
Rodrigo Londono is the first presidential candidate of a new political party formed by FARC's members in Colombia... READ MORE›
Two ex-combatants were recently shot to death while campaigning for a FARC congressional candidate in northwestern Colombia... READ MORE›
Colombia peace Former Farc rebels build hotel to recreate guerrilla life... READ MORE›
Scores of crime gangs and right-wing paramilitary groups jostle with the dissident FARC for control of the drug trafficking routes to the Pacific... READ MORE›
Colombians reject a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24 percent voting against it... READ MORE›
Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52 years of war with Farc guerrillas, throwing the country into confusion about its future... READ MORE›
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Colombia's day of reckoning has arrived... READ MORE›
Colombia's government and left-wing Farc rebels sign an agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years of civil war... READ MORE›
President Juan Manuel Santos has said there won't be a second referendum... READ MORE›
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to rethink the war on drugs... READ MORE›
The US Department of State has pledged 390m for Colombia next year to support the peace process... READ MORE›
The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, arrived in Mocoa on Sunday to survey the crisis... READ MORE›
Voters in Colombia's referendum have narrowly rejected a peace accord between the government and the Marxist group, FARC... READ MORE›
EL DIAMANTE, Colombia -- Do you want to see my gun? Yurluey Mendoza asked about 90 minutes into our conversation... READ MORE›
Just days later, voters shocked peace deal promoters and detractors alike by rejecting the agreement... READ MORE›
Gratitude to Congress for its historic support of Colombians' hope for peace, Santos tweeted after the vote in the lower house... READ MORE›
Nobel Peace Prizewinner, President Juan Manuel Santos, talks to Isabelle Kumar about why bringing peace does not always bring popularity at the polls... READ MORE›
Final peace deal will require approval in referendum but formal cessation of hostilities and Farc's acceptance of disarmament are key steps toward resolution... READ MORE›
The Nobel committee was reportedly considering a peace prize for Colombia... READ MORE›
Medellin-based newspaper El Colombiano featured a commentary by former President Alvaro Uribe, who remains sceptical about the prospects for peace, saying the word peace is wounded... READ MORE›
Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Sergio Jaramillo is currently in Havana with Chief Negotiator Humberto de la Calle meeting with FARC negotiators... READ MORE›
But across Colombia's more traditional, high-altitude conservative heartland, the peace deal went down in flames... READ MORE›
Colombias president joins chief of leftist Farc rebels in saying the two sides had agreed on a formula for transitional justice for conflict-related crimes... READ MORE›
The illegal narcotics trade also helps to explain the longevity of Colombia's main rebel groups the Farc and the National Liberation Army ELN ... READ MORE›
The proposal for demining is a first step, but a giant step toward making peace, said Colombian government chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle... READ MORE›
Colombian president rebels announce major breakthrough in peace talks... READ MORE›
The five-point peace accord covers agricultural reform, an end to the illegal drugs trade, victims' reparations, FARC political participation and demobilization... READ MORE›
The Colombian government and the country's largest rebel group, the Farc, have signed a revised peace deal... READ MORE›
Jose Albeiro Vargas last saw his grandson the night fierce rain unleashed havoc on this small city surrounded by rivers and mountains in southern Colombia... READ MORE›
Disarming the FARC won't resolve all of Colombia's problems, he said... READ MORE›
'I won't give up' Colombia's president says ceasefire remains after voters reject FARC peace deal... READ MORE›
Samy has no plans to go home if the FARC disarms. The FARC once ruled the Colombian countryside with the profits of the illicit cocaine trade... READ MORE›
Colombians overwhelmingly loathe the FARC, which the U.S. considers a terrorist group, and many considered the accord an insult to victims of the long-running conflict... READ MORE›
They are among the 314 still missing, a figure provided by President Juan Manuel Santos in a national speech on Wednesday... READ MORE›
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