Tag: FARC
Colombia: Bogota partially suspends the truce concluded with FARC dissidents
The Colombian government announced on Sunday the suspension in three departments of the country of the truce concluded with the main dissident faction of the FARC, after a deadly attack…
Bogota partially suspends truce with FARC dissidents
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, in Mariquita, February 14, 2024. LUISA GONZALEZ / REUTERS The Colombian government announced on Sunday March 17 the suspension in three departments of the country of…
In Colombia, the government and the FARC dissent agree on a ceasefire
The Colombian government and the main dissenting faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have agreed to resume a bilateral ceasefire, suspended in May, the parties announced on…
the army killed the main leader of the FARC dissident
Writing with AFP 07/15/2022 at 8:05 PMUpdated 07/15/2022 at 7:45 PM The main dissident leader of the ex-guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Nestor Vera, alias “Ivan Mordisco”, was…
FARC dissidence beheaded after the death of its main leader
Colombian police commander Jose Luis Vargas gives a press conference a week after the army killed FARC dissident leader Nestor Vera, alias Ivan Mordisco, in Bogota on July 15, 2022.…
US court orders Farc to compensate Ingrid Betancourt’s son
Ingrid Betancourt, just after her release, and her son, Lawrence Delloye, at the Massabielle cave in Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées), July 12, 2008. GUILLAUME BONNAUD / AFP Thirty-six million dollars, or just…
Hernan Dario Velasquez, one of the dissident FARC leaders, killed in Venezuela
Hernan Dario Velasquez, nicknamed “El Paisa”, one of the dissident commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was shot dead in Venezuela by other rebels, Colombian press reported…
the FARC removed from the list of terrorist organizations of the United States
FARC fighters arrive at the camp where they prepare to ratify the peace agreement with the Colombian government, near El Diamante, in the Yari Plains, Colombia, September 16, 2016. JOHN…
Ex-hostage Betancourt demands remorse from Farc rebels
IVAN VALENCIA Ingrid Betancourt, former presidential candidate in Colombia, pauses briefly during a speech. Photo: Ivan Valencia / AP / dpa “As long as we only have nightmares, while you…
former FARC guerrilla leaders recognize crimes against humanity
Rodrigo Londono, the leader of the Party of Commons, founded by the former FARC, here on September 23, 2019, is being prosecuted for crimes against humanity. IVAN VALENCIA / AP…