Colombia: FARC registers as a political party

Colombia: FARC registers as a political party

(VOVworld) – Colombia’s daily newspaper The Public reported Thursday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has officially registered as a political party, following the Constitutional Court’s...
Colombia, FARC sign revised peace deal

Colombia, FARC sign revised peace deal

(VOVworld) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have signed a revised peace deal aimed at ending the 52-year-old...
Colombia, FARC publish peace accord

Colombia, FARC publish peace accord

(VOVworld) - The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) published a new peace accord on Monday in a bid to end a 52-year war in Colombia
Thousands march in support of Colombia peace deal

Thousands march in support of Colombia peace deal

(VOVworld) – On Thursday, thousands of people flooded streets in cities across Colombia calling for an end of violence and demanding a peace deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
Colombia convenes referendum on peace agreement

Colombia convenes referendum on peace agreement

(VOVworld) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree Tuesday calling on Colombian citizens to join a referendum on the government’s historic peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
Colombia revises constitution to make way for peace deal

Colombia revises constitution to make way for peace deal

(VOVworld) – Colombia’s House of Representatives ratified a constituent law for peace on Thursday, an adjustment in Constitution that legalizes the pending peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ...
Colombia to sign peace deal with FARC in May

Colombia to sign peace deal with FARC in May

(VOVworld) – Colombian Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo said on Friday that the Colombian government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will sign a peace deal in May...
Columbia President proposes truce with FARC

Columbia President proposes truce with FARC

(VOVworld) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday he wants to enter into a bilateral truce with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) beginning January 1, 2016
UN to send experts to Colombian peace talk

UN to send experts to Colombian peace talk

(VOVworld) – Jeffrey Feltman, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, has announced that the United Nations will send a team of international experts to accompany the peace talks between the Colombian...
UN proposes truce in Columbia

UN proposes truce in Columbia

(VOVworld) - The United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, Todd Howland, suggested on Tuesday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government should establish...