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Gustavo Petro, who is due to take office as president on August 7 in Colombia, offered the ELN and "all armed groups" a "bilateral ceasefire" on Tuesday. Negotiations with this guerrilla…

Left-wing leader says he has sent a message that it is a ‘time for peace’ to the country’s last major rebel group.

Colombian president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a “bilateral ceasefire” with the violence-stricken country’s last active guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), to restart peace negotiations. Talks with the ELN, which unlike the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army (FARC) did not lay down arms under Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement, broke down under outgoing Colombian President Ivan Duque. “The message I have sent, not only to the ELN, but to...

Though Colombia may have considerable unconventional oil potential, the country is taking a harsh stance against fracking

Colombia's left-wing president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a "bilateral ceasefire" with the violence-hit country's last active guerrilla group,

Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a "bilateral ceasefire" with the violence-stricken country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, in order to restart peace negotiations.

On June 19, Gustavo Petro won the second round of the Colombian presidential election with over 50% of the vote. This is a historic victory because Colombia, unlike many other South American countries, including neighboring Venezuela, doesn’t have a history of leftists winning office.  For more than 52 years now the U.S.

Inflationary pressure in the region has also influenced the elections in Colombia An alliance of Indigenous organizations in Ecuador have held daily demonstrations after sharp increases in the costs for fuel and food. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) began their general strike actions on June 13 after…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A Truth Commission presented its final report on Colombia's armed conflict Tuesday, urging the government, military and rebel

The tragedy occurred when rioting inmates set a fire, says director of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute