Colombian government and ELN reach first agreement in peace process
The agreement allows the safe return of the Embera Indigenous people to their lands in the Murindó municipality in the Antioquia department of Colombia
Colombian government and ELN restart peace talks in Venezuela
The talks have been resumed after a four year pause in the process during the government of former president Iván Duque
Peace talks between Colombian government and ELN to begin on Monday
Four years after the peace talks were suspended, the Colombian government and the guerilla group ELN are set to begin in Caracas on Monday, November 21. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be the guarantor for the talks
Antonio García: Peace is not always associated with social justice and the welfare of society
The first commander of the National Liberation Army, Antonio García, spoke about the possibility for peace amid a time of historic transformation in Colombia
“We killed innocent people”: retired Colombian army officials confess to murdering civilians
Ten retired soldiers and one civilian admit to kidnapping and murdering 120 innocent peasants, framing them as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat
Peace in Colombia should mean land reform and an end to hunger
Colombia’s ongoing national strike is part of a decades-long struggle against the political and economic elites to demand peace and dignity for all
La Vía Campesina mission calls for “peace with social justice” in Colombia
La Vía Campesina’s (LVC) Third International Solidarity Mission to Colombia sought the implementation of the agreements entered between the former government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is now a political party
Regional strike in Cauca, Colombia enters twelfth day despite violent police repression
In response to the demands of the people for dialogue on implementing state promises in education and agriculture, the government has unleashed special police units which have arrested many and injured dozens
ELN claims responsibility for blast, terms it a legitimate act of war
In the wake of the bomb blast on January 17, Colombian president Ivan Duque and his allies had already accused the guerilla group and asked Cuba to arrest and hand over members of the ELN peace delegation stationed in Cuba for peace talks.
Colombian peace process suffers severe blow as government demands arrest of ELN leaders
The demand by the Colombian government came in the aftermath of the January 17 bomb blasts at a police academy in the city of Bogota. The Colombian government has blamed the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the attack
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