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Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.The guerrillas also charge a percentage on production of coca -- the leaf used to make cocaine -- and on illegal miners advancing ever deeper into the rainforest, said Ebus. 

Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.

The Estado Mayor Central, a group of FARC dissidents, has announced sanctions for deforestation in its territory.

Nine soldiers in Colombia were killed in a military base by the rebel group National Liberation Army amid shaky peace talks between the guerillas and the government.

How peace efforts are making a difference (or not) in Colombia - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world

Colombia government and the ELN rebel group resumed peace talks in Mexico City. Peace talks between Colombia's government and the country's largest remaining rebel organization, the ELN, resumed on Monday in Mexico City to end fighting that has lasted since the 1960s.

Questions abound ahead of new round of negotiations, but experts say effort remains ‘best choice among bad options’.

A wide-brimmed hat, leather bandolier, rifle in hand: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar used to dress up as a Mexican revolutionary hero for amusement. But during his heyday as the worlds most wanted drug baron, he could not have imagined that Mexicans -- then mainly smugglers for the Colombians -- ..

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The Discreet Charm of the Guerrilla (Spanish). This report has been translated from Spanish. To read the original report in ArmandoInfo, click here. A version of this report is also available in Spanish in El País; click here to read it. It has...