Tag: Colombia

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:02 UTC

  Unasur summit will formally receive Paraguay at its summit in Suriname

  

  Unasur leaders will welcome Paraguay’s return to the group and will honour the memory of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez during this week’s summit in Suriname that will be taking the chair of the group from Peru.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 01:11 UTC

  Santos prepared to talk with FARC leader Timochenko to accelerate peace talks

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed that he would consider meeting FARC rebel leader Timochenko to accelerate talks aimed at ending 50 years of conflict but warned the nation will continue at war if Colombians reject what is agreed at the negotiating table.

• Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Colombia and FARC resume peace negotiations; 13 soldiers killed by the guerrilla

  

  Colombia’s government announced that peace talks with the country’s largest guerrilla organization FARC were resuming despite the insurgents killed 13 soldiers Saturday in an ambush. The chief government negotiator said both sides would be back at the table on Monday morning in Havana where the negotiations are taking place.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:22 UTC

  Kerry calls Colombia a ‘success story’ and promised strong support for peace talks

  

  Secretary of State John Kerry promised strong US backing for peace talks aimed at ending Colombia's half century of conflict, calling the country a success story in a world where many states have failed or are failing.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:41 UTC

  Santos warns FARC if peace talks collapse they will end in “the grave or in prison”

  

  Colombia's FARC rebel leaders negotiating peace with the government must return to the jungle and end their days on the battlefield or in prison if talks under way in Cuba collapse, warned President Juan Manuel Santos.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 01:41 UTC

  EU FTA agreements with Colombia and Central America became effective August first

  

  Free trade agreements, FTA, signed by the European Union with Colombia, and with Central American countries Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama became effective August first as part of the EU strategy to eliminate tariffs on trade with Central American and the Andean region.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 01:38 UTC

  Santos describes Colombian economy as the ‘third fastest growing’ in Latam

  

  The Colombian economy is the third fastest growing in Latinamerica with a stable performance in 2012 of 4%; an estimated 4.5% this year and 4.7% in 2014, said President Juan Manuel Santos on making a balance of his three years in office.

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 06:18 UTC

  Colombia government and FARC resume peace negotiations despite armed clashes

  

  Colombian government and Marxist-inspired-drugs-funded FARC rebels resumed peace negotiations in Havana on Sunday after a recess of more than two weeks, during which 19 soldiers and a number of rebels were killed and rural protests left four farmers dead and several police injured.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 08:15 UTC

  Santos and Maduro agree to open a new chapter of neighbourly relations

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos on Monday agreed to turn the page on a diplomatic dispute triggered when Santos met with Venezuela's main opposition leader in May.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Colombia orders strong offensive after guerrillas ambush and kill 19 soldiers

  

  Colombia’s president has ordered the military to mount a strong offensive against the country’s biggest rebel movement, FARC, after guerrillas killed 19 soldiers this weekend in two regions. President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday the army will go after the rebels even though the government has been in peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia since last year.