Although Petro’s government initially floated the idea of alternative sentences for leaders from the Clan - which in recent ...
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Dissident Peace in Colombia

This week, we’re sharing an excerpt from Anthony Dest’s new book Dissident Peace: Autonomous Struggles and the State in ...
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It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed “total peace.” But ...
BOGOTA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Colombian guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) is willing to resume peace negotiations with the current government or with whatever new government is elected ...
In 2016, the Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC-EP ended their five decade-long war. As part of the peace agreement, FARC-EP’s weapons had to be collected, a process known as ...
Colombia’s Office of the High Commissioner for Peace issued a joint statement on Friday with the Second Marquetalia, formally initiating a dialogue aimed at achieving a peace agreement with the armed ...
After a week involving a high-profile kidnapping and alleged ceasefire violations by Colombia’s two largest armed groups, the future of President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace policy is in jeopardy.
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran said Monday that peace talks between his National Liberation Army and the government have been put “on pause” because of remarks made last week ...
Colombia’s government and the country’s biggest guerrilla army are further along in peace talks than ever before. Now that they’ve settled on a timetable for actually accomplishing results, the ...
On Nov. 20, Marxist guerrillas blew up two electricity towers and cut off power to dozens of towns in central Colombia. According to the insurgents, they only later learned that their top commanders ...
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