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Amid Crime Surge, Vendors In Bogota Turn To Hired Guns

On the streets of a Bogota neighborhood where a businessman was killed for refusing to pay protection money, retired soldiers sporting weapons and camouflage gear keep a watchful eye on every movement.

International Business Times

Colombia Says Armed Groups Not Respecting Ceasefire

The Colombian government on Tuesday accused two key armed groups of failing to comply with an ongoing ceasefire in place during peace talks aimed at ending decades of conflict in the country.

International Business Times

Colombia Signs $1.2 Billion Loan Agreements With Multilateral Lenders

The three contracts will help reform programs such as the peace agenda, strengthening gender equality policy and implementing the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) agenda in the environmental sector that will be implemented over the years.

Latin Times

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Colombia To Hold Peace Talks With Ex-FARC Guerilla Holdouts

The Colombian government will hold fresh peace talks with one of the main dissident FARC guerrilla groups still active in the country, according to a document released Friday.

International Business Times

Colombian Government, ELN Rebels Resume Peace Talks In Havana

Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group started a sixth round of peace talks Monday, seeking to agree in Cuba on an extension of a ceasefire that expires next week.

International Business Times

From Colombia's FARC Escape to 'CEO of the Year' in the U.S.: Margarita Womack's Success with MasPanadas

"My company makes me proud to be Colombian," the Ph.D. and founder of MasPanadas told The Latin Times. A look at how she got to where she is.

Latin Times

Guerrilla fighters turned craft brewers: Colombia’s unlikely beer company with a message of peace

In Bogotá, a brewery founded by former Farc members has become a cultural hub teaching visitors about Colombia’s violent history and road to reconciliation

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Colombian Government Extends Ceasefire With FARC-EMC Rebel Group

Elizabeth Dickinson, a Colombia analyst at the International Crisis Group, appreciated the ceasefire extension, noting that it has so far limited the clashes between the government and the rebel groups.

Latin Times

Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence

Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set to expire this week, as both sides hold peace talks in Bogota that seek to reduce violence in rural parts of the country

The Independent UK

Ancestral spirit: can brewing a traditional moonshine help Colombia’s youth avoid gangs?

Viche, a sugar cane-based drink made by African-Colombian communities for centuries, is slowly gaining legality and respectability

The Guardian - UK

Colombia’s Santos: I copied aspects of Northern Ireland peace agreement

The former Colombian president, a Nobel laureate for his peacebuilding efforts, talks to Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera

Hamas' Attack in Israel Doesn't Reveal Much About U.S. Border Security

There is little, if any, comparison between the terrorist threat that Israel faces and security problems along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Reason

Colombian president's statements on Gaza jeopardize close military ties with Israel

Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them

The Independent UK

UN envoy: Colombian president's commitments to rural reforms and peace efforts highlight first year

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said

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The Guardian - UK

Criminals without borders: the transnational gangs terrorising the Amazon

Indigenous peoples in Colombia are being targeted and fragmented by armed groups who plunder the forest for gold and timber and take control of land

The Independent UK

President Gustavo Petro's plan for 'total peace' in Colombia: Takeaways from AP's report

Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and more

The Guardian - UK

Fernando Botero obituary

Colombian painter and sculptor of voluminous figures that grace city centres the world over, including Paris, Madrid and London

The Conversation

Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations

Former members of the Farc guerrilla army in Colombia who laid down their arms as part of a peace deal in 2016 are being forced off the land they were allowed to settle after they demobilised.

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Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

The Independent UK

Colombia begins a six-month cease-fire with its last remaining rebel group in hopes of forging peace

Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have formally begun a six-month cease-fire as part of a process to forge a permanent peace between authorities and the country’s last remaining rebel group

The Guardian - US

Colombia deforestation plummets as peace efforts focus on rainforest

Official figures show deforestation fell 26% in Colombian Amazon last year and 29% nationwide

Bangkok Post

Colombian government, ELN guerrillas sign six-month truce

HAVANA - Colombia's government and the ELN guerrilla group agreed to a six-month ceasefire in Havana Friday as they work towards a peace pact to end decades of conflict.

The Independent UK

Colombia's government, largest remaining rebel group agree to cease-fire at talks in Cuba

Colombia’s government and the country’s largest remaining guerrilla group declared a cease-fire agreement during talks in Cuba, the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s

Reuters

Colombia suspends ceasefire with Estado Mayor Central rebels in some areas

Colombia's government on Monday suspended a national ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group in some provinces, following the murder of four Indigenous teenagers.

The Independent UK

Colombian rebel leader says peace talks are 'on pause'

Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran says peace talks between his National Liberation Army and the government have been put “on pause” due to remarks made last week by President Gustavo Petro

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