Tag: FARC

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:26 UTC

  FARC satisfied with first round of peace talks; Santos and Colombian public opinion cautious

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels said their peace talks with the government were going well, but the lead negotiator for President Juan Manuel Santos was more reserved as the two sides finished the first round of meetings aimed at ending their protracted conflict.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 23:40 UTC

  Colombia forces to continue military operations despite FARC unilateral cease fire

  

  Colombian Minister of Defence Juan Carlos Pinzón said that security forces will continue with military operations in the country despite the unilateral two-month cease fire declared by the guerrilla group FARC, which becomes effective Monday 24:00 hours.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 23:07 UTC

  Colombia/FARC peace talks delayed until Monday on “technical details”

  

  Peace talks between Colombia's government and FARC rebels scheduled to start in Cuba this week will be delayed until Monday so negotiators can work on “technical” details, both sides said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 06:34 UTC

  Colombia says FARC has an annual budget of 2.4bn and an army of 8.147

  

  Colombian Defence minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the guerrilla group FARC make anywhere from 2.4 to 3.5 billion dollars per annum from the drug trade and estimated they have an army of 8.147 members.

• Saturday, October 20th 2012 - 05:18 UTC

  First exchange of blows as Colombian peace talks take off

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos defended his signature law that returns land seized by illegal armed groups to peasants after leftist rebels assailed the measure at the start of peace talks.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 04:17 UTC

  Colombia peace talks back on schedule and begin Wednesday in Oslo

  

  Colombia's government and Marxist rebels will start peace talks as planned on Wednesday in Oslo in a bid to end nearly half a century of conflict after logistical problems delayed departure of the delegates, Colombia's government said.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:32 UTC

  Colombian government and guerrillas begin this week peace talks in Oslo

  

  Colombia's government and rebel guerrillas will sit down this week in Norway, and later in Cuba, to start peace talks aimed at ending nearly half a century of conflict, a task to which both sides have anticipated their full commitment.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:57 UTC

  Brazil ratifies full support to President Santos and the Colombian peace process

  

  Brazil extended full support ‘in whatever is necessary’ to Colombia’s peace process which is scheduled to begin next 17 October in Norway and will continue in Cuba, announced the Executive Planalto Palace.

• Friday, September 28th 2012 - 01:42 UTC

  Santos ‘cautiously optimistic’ about peace but also ready to fight to ensure victory

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday before the UN General Assembly he is “cautiously optimistic” that his government can reach a peace deal with Marxist rebels. Santos added he wants to return to New York next year and announce that his conflict-battered country has signed a peace agreement.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Guerrilla’s anti-personnel mines have killed over 10.000 people in Colombia

  

  Tens of thousands of anti-personnel mines and unexploded live munitions have caused over 10.000 fatal victims since 1990 in Colombia, the year when the country started to take records on accidents with this kind of ordnance, said Vice-president Angelino Garzón.