Tag: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

• Saturday, December 20th 2014 - 09:04 UTC

  Unilateral FARC truce allegedly in force

  

  Colombia's armed forces suffer 10 fatal casualties, several others wounded and one missing in clashes with rebels. Negotiations continue unaltered in Havana.

• Friday, December 19th 2014 - 08:15 UTC

  Santos government rejects FARC truce

  

  Not until a peace deal is achieved will Colombia accept the proposal to bring in other countries, ICRC to monitor ceasefire

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 19:58 UTC

  Mujica's role in US-Cuba understanding praised worldwide

  

  The role played by Uruguay's President in the process which led to Wednesday's announcements that the United States and Cuba are to restore full diplomatic ties, was praised by Presidents Barack Obama, Raul Castro and international analysts.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 09:36 UTC

  Colombia Farc rebels declare indefinite unilateral truce

  

  Colombia's Farc rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire for an indefinite period, starting from Saturday.

• Thursday, November 20th 2014 - 04:23 UTC

  Colombian government reaches agreement with FARC to release captured general

  

  The armed rebel group FARC and the Colombian government have announced that they have agreed conditions for releasing a captured general and four other people.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Colombia and FARC disclose copies of agreements reached at peace talks

  

  Colombia's government and Marxist inspired FARC rebels have released copies of previously unpublished agreements reached at peace talks to end five decades of war, providing a glimpse of accords that could make up a final deal.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 01:22 UTC

  FARC leader doubts the peace accord can be signed this year

  

  Colombia is unlikely to sign a peace accord with Marxist rebels this year as the remaining items on the negotiating agenda are complex and time consuming, FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño said.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 07:18 UTC

  Santos pledges peace on inauguration ceremony but also warns FARC

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in to a second term on Thursday promising to bring peace and equality to the nation, but warned Narco-Marxist rebels that talks to end five decades of war could rupture if hostilities against civilians continue. “Members of the FARC: you have been warned!” he said.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Venezuelan general retained in Aruba to be extradited to the US

  

  A judge in Aruba ruled Friday that the highest-ranking Venezuelan official ever arrested on a U.S. warrant will remain behind bars pending an extradition request on drug charges. Hugo Carvajal, a former head of Venezuelan military intelligence and close confidant of the late president Hugo Chavez, was arrested upon arriving at Aruba’s airport, officials said Thursday.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  Colombian president inaugurates the “Congress of peace” to end 50 years of war

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new session of Congress on Sunday, calling on lawmakers to back government efforts to strike a peace deal with the FARC rebels to end 50 years of war. Members of Congress were sworn in during the ceremony in central Bogota.