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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono was once one of Colombia’s most-wanted men. Now he is a presidential contender. The graying, spectacled man best known by… ...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- United Nations observers are in hot water in Colombia over a video showing them dancing with leftist rebels while deployed to watch over the guerrillas as part of a peace deal.
After struggling in the early 2000s, the group has reemerged as a significant player, in part due to its alliances with drug trafficking organizations and with its larger guerrilla cousins in the ...
In Colombia, Marxist rebels have agreed to disarm by May 31 under the terms of a hard-fought peace treaty. But harder than agreeing to peace might be transforming 7,000 rebels into civilians.
Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia's presidency on Sunday, the first progressive to do so in the ...
What happened Fighting between two guerrilla groups in Colombia 's northern region of Catatumbo has left 80 people dead and forced 18,000 to flee their homes, officials said Monday. It was some of ...
In this April 27, 2017 photo, former rebel Julian Conrado, known as "The FARC singer," the Spanish acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group, signs for students before ...
As Colombia’s FARC guerrillas prepare to become civilians, they will also face a choice between reconnecting with long-lost loved ones or remaining with their guerrilla foster family? The ...
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 23 -- After holding them in jungle camps for two years, Colombia's second-largest leftist insurgency freed 42 police officers and soldiers today in a Christmas gesture ...
The Colombian government’s chief peace negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, on talks to end the nation’s decades-long guerrilla war—FARC fighters will be held responsible for their crimes, and ...