FARC

Jailed Colombia Rebels Await New Amnesty Law

Colombia passes an amnesty law for thousands of rebels. Some fighters are expected to lay down their...

Jan 04, 2017 11:50 AM EST

UN backs mission to oversee Colombia peace deal

The United Nations has officially supported the peacetalks between Columbia and FARC as a step to fu...

Jan 26, 2016 09:11 AM EST

Colombia negotiators agree UN observer mission to monitor end of civil war

A civil war is about to end as Columbia government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia made a...

Jan 23, 2016 02:20 AM EST

Twelve dead in ELN rebel attack on Colombian troops

Colombia's second-largest rebel group, the ELN, killed 12 members of the security forces in the cent...

Oct 26, 2015 10:30 PM EDT

Pope meets Fidel Castro, warns against ideology on Cuba trip

Pope Francis met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to be...

Sep 20, 2015 08:58 PM EDT

U.S. pressing Cuba to restore diplomatic ties before April - officials

The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. offi...

Feb 05, 2015 08:32 PM EST

Colombia's FARC rebels free soldier captured during attack

Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels have freed a soldier captured during an attack on a military patrol l...

Dec 26, 2014 08:47 PM EST

Colombia rebel chief says peace talks suspension destroyed confidence

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos "destroyed" confidence in the peace process by suspending tal...

Nov 25, 2014 01:33 AM EST

Colombia suspends FARC peace talks after kidnapping of general

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos suspended peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels following the ...

Nov 17, 2014 12:51 AM EST