Tag: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

• 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.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Santos and his promise of peace wins the run off in Colombia

  

  Incumbent President candidate Juan Manuel Santos was reelected by a margin of over 5 percentage points in the second round of Colombia's’s elections, defeating conservative Democratic Center candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who concede defeat and congratulated the winner.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 09:02 UTC

  Colombia Sunday's election: a referendum on the peace talks with FARC

  

  Colombians pick a new president on Sunday in a tight runoff election, kind of referendum, fought over whether peace talks with Marxist inspired and drugs financed guerrillas, or a renewed military offensive stand the best chance of ending 50 years of war in the country rich in resources and with one of the more stable economies in the region.

• Monday, June 9th 2014 - 06:01 UTC

  FARC declares a cease fire for the Colombian residential election runoff

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Sunday from June 9 to 30, a period that will cover a run-off presidential election being contested mainly over how to end five decades of war with the guerrillas.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 07:50 UTC

  Colombia: Zuluaga and Santos, plus allies, will decide on the peace dialogue on 15 June

  

  Right-wing opposition candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga won most votes in Colombia's presidential election on Sunday but fell short of a first-round victory and will face President Juan Manuel Santos in a close runoff on 15 June.