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Santos calls to unity for the peace of Colombia
The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, took office to exert his second term and yesterday, during his inaugural speech, he made an appeal to the unity of his fellow countrymen regarding the...
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Colombian government and FARC will debate on victims of armed conflict
The dialogue table between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government tomorrow resume discussions on victims of the armed conflict as part of the peace talks in...
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Venezuela closes its border with Colombia during night time
The Head of Strategic Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Venezuela announced that from next Monday the border crossings to Colombia will remain closed overnight. Army General Vladimir López...
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FARC Leader considers complicated that peace agreement with Colombia be...
Photo: AFP The leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rodrigo Londoño, alias “Timoshenko” ruled out today that the guerrilla signs the peace with the Government of Colombia this...
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Fund for victims repair is proposed by the FARC
YAMIL LAGE / AFP The FARC has proposed today in Havana the creation of a Special Fund for the Reparation of Victims to financially compensate those affected by the conflict in Colombia over the next...
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Juan Manuel Santos supports the therapeutic use of marijuana
The therapeutic use of marijuana was supported this Thursday in Colombia by the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. During a forum on drug policy, the ColombianPpresident said that he “looks...
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Marc Anthony will build orphanage for children in Barranquilla
Photo: EFE The Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony last Thursday put the foundation stone of an orphanage for 200 children that he will build with support from private companies in the Colombian city of...
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FARC and Colombia propose subcommittee creation to analyze definitive ceasefire
AP Create a subcommittee to examine possible working conditions for a permanent ceasefire in the conflict was the proposal announced today by peace delegations of the Colombian government and the FARC....
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Ernesto Samper will become general secretary of UNASUR
Ernesto Samper This Saturday, the Colombian former president Ernesto Samper thanked the leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR for its Spanish acronym) “for their support” by appointing...
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Santos: Revelations of hacker Sepulveda must be thoroughly investigated
The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, on Monday requested the authorities a thorough investigation into allegations Andres Sepulveda hacker, who is arrested for his involvement in the case....
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Former chief of Escobar hit men is released and generates mixed reactions
The release from prison of John Jairo Velasquez, alias Popeye, Head of assassins of the deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar, who just fulfilled three fifths of his sentence, has generated controversy in...
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FARC rejects colombian military intervention in peace talks
AFP Negotiators from the FARC in the Dialogues of Peace today rejected the creation of the Transition Command announced by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. “In no way FARC accept a military...
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Child adoption by homosexual couples is approved in Colombia
The ruling by the Plenary Chamber of the Colombian Constitutional Court, in which the adoption of a child by a homosexual couple was approved, led the way in this country for that unties a lot of...
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Amendment to eliminate presidential term is presented by Santos
EFE The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, introduced the bill that includes the elimination of presidential reelection. “Let’s eliminate the figure of reelection. The election will be...
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The FARC ask the United States to recognize their responsibility in the conflict
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC for its Spanish acronym) requested yesterday the United States to recognize its “primary responsibility” in the armed conflict that has more than a half...
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A Town in Colombia reported four cases of the chikungunya virus
AFP Four people from the Mahates population in the department of Bolivar, north of Bogota, were infected by the chikungunya virus as confirmed by the Colombian Ministry of Health. Deputy Health...
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Uribe accuses media of supporting terrorism and to the Colombian government
The senator and former president Alvaro Uribe will momentarily withdrew this Wednesday of the Plenary of the Colombian Senate accusing various media of supporting terrorism and to the President Juan...
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EU agreement between Colombia and Peru will be ready for 2015
The trade agreement between Colombia and Peru, implemented by the European Union (EU), will not be ready until early 2015, despite being signed last July 17. It is being reviewed and translated to the...
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Trade agreement with the EU is under legal review
The European Union and Ecuador are conducting a legal review of the texts of their commercial agreement, after which they say that administrative and legal measures required for the approval of the...
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FARC calls for “social and political forgiveness’ in Colombia
The communist FARC guerrillas on Saturday, September 26 proposed the creation of “collective scenarios and national policies” designed to promote “social and political forgiveness” in Colombia, as a...
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