Farewell to arms: Colombia announces ‘end of conflict’

[caption id="attachment_16418" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londoño, accompanied by the President of...

June 23 agreement marks ‘beginning of the end of war in Colombia’

[caption id="attachment_16405" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Santos speaking in Manizales, yesterday June 21. Photo: Nelson Cárdenas -...

On Trial: The peace process

On Trial is a Bogotá Post feature in which we will put someone or something from the Colombian news “on trial”, trying to explain the...

Peace Process Special: ‘Political participation for the FARC – the epitome of ‘low risk, high reward’

[caption id="attachment_8080" align="aligncenter" width="960"] More than seven million people have registered with the government’s Victim’s Unit...

Peace accord to be signed by March

[caption id="attachment_7850" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Cuban President Raul Castro, centre, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the...

Peace and desist

[caption id="attachment_7220" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The FARC peace delegation on their arrival at the Palace of Conventions in Havana,...

Colombian peace: Havana is just part of the picture

Lucas Peña explains that the peace process is crucial but it is not the only step on the path to peace In recent weeks, the FARC has carried...

‘This is the best effort we ever had at peace’

[caption id="attachment_16432" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Representatives of the government, FARC, Cuba and Norway at the negotiating table in...

Peace process coming to an end – ‘for good or bad’

As the peace talks reach what the International Crisis Group calls ‘their toughest stretch’, the FARC called a one-month unilateral ceasefire –...

FARC ends truce after army offensive

[caption id="attachment_6254" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: farc-ep.org[/caption] Peace process on shaky ground after violence on both...