Colombia’s leftist President Gustave Petro has vowed to end the decades-long armed conflict that has left more than 450,000 dead by reaching peace agreements with the country’s armed groups and criminal gangs
M-19 was an urban guerrilla group that operated in Colombia from the mid-1970s until the signing of a peace agreement in 1990. The group was mainly responsible for the siege of the Palace of Justice, which resulted in over 100 dead and missing, including 11 Supreme Court justices.
The Colombian military mobilized more than 120 soldiers throughout the northern region of Colombia on Sunday to assist law enforcement agents searching for Luis Manuel Diaz after reports surfaced that armed gunmen kidnapped him and his wife
The increase in asylum cases comes at a time when Venezuelans continue to flee their homes as the economy continues to crumble and terrorist driven violence in Colombia continues to grow
According to a press release issued by Salazar’s office, “The No FARC Act denies visas to current and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)"
The U.N. estimates that more than 300,000 migrants will have crossed the jungle linking Panama and Colombia by the end of the year, 60,000 of which are thought to be minors
The governments of Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, among others, called for peace on Thursday
The Kremlin has promised that military assets given to Venezuela will not be used to attack Colombia, destabilize the region or end up in the hands of terrorist or paramilitary groups
Currently, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico are Latin America’s only OECD member countries
The Mexican authorities raised the number of dead migrants from Central America, Colombia and Venezuela to 17 on Monday