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Colombia's government and the country's last active rebel group have agreed a truce—their latest step towards peace after almost 60 years of conflict. The National Liberation Army (ELN) said it would stop fighting from Thursday, ahead of a full ceasefire in August. Colombia's defense minister...

Colombia’s government and its largest remaining guerrilla group have agreed to a six-month ceasefire at talks in Cuba, in the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s. The government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, announced the accord at a ceremony in Havana on Friday...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with a dissident FARC rebel group in the four regions where it is most active. The suspension was triggered by the killing of four indigenous teenagers by the left-wing rebel group EMC-FARC. It comes just two months after Mr. Petro put on...

A former strongman has wrapped up testimony before Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal this week, offering a harrowing look into paramilitary assassination programs orchestrated during the country’s decades-long internal conflict. Salvatore Mancuso, who used the nom de guerre...

Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran said on Monday that peace talks between his National Liberation Army (ELN) and the government have been put “on pause” due to remarks made last week by President Gustavo Petro. Petro questioned whether members of the rebel group’s delegation in Cuba could...

An armed faction of Colombia’s disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels has said they are ready to engage in peace talks with the government next month in what could mark a turning point for leftist President Gustavo Petro’s quest for “total peace.” Petro, a former member of...

An attack by the Colombian rebel group known as the National Liberation Army (ELN) has allegedly killed nine government soldiers, in a blow to the government’s efforts to negotiate a truce with armed groups and curb violence in the country. The attack came more than two weeks after the government...

Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have hailed progress in their efforts to end decades of armed conflict in the South American nation, as a second round of peace talks concluded in Mexico City. The negotiations come as part of an effort by President...

Colombia and Ecuador have launched a joint alert system meant to protect Indigenous Awa communities from attacks by armed groups in the border region between the two countries. As illegal business activities like mining encroach into areas that Indigenous communities call home, violence and...

Peace talks between the Colombian government and the largest remaining rebel group in the South American country, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are to resume this week in Mexico City. The Colombian government was forced to backtrack on a New Year’s Eve announcement that a truce had been...