The problem with referendums
President Juan Manuel Santos was not obliged to hold a referendum to ratify the deal to end sixty years of war between the Colombian government...
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Colombia’s Santos, rival Uribe willing to work on peace deal
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition rival Alvaro Uribe met on Wednesday in a bid to resolve differences over a peace deal with Marxist...
Colombia’s peace deal in limbo after shock referendum (Updated)
Colombia’s government and Marxist Farc guerrillas scrambled on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too...
Colombia tipped for Nobel Peace Prize after deal to end war
A Colombian peace accord ending a half-century of war is widely tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize next week, returning the award to its roots...
Colombia, Marxist rebels sign accord ending 52-year war
Colombia’s centre-right government and the Marxist Farc rebel group signed a peace deal on Monday to end a half-century war that killed a quarter of a...
Colombia, Marxist rebels to sign accord ending 52-year war
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist rebel leader Timochenko will use a pen made from a bullet on Monday to sign an agreement ending...
Colombia’s Santos calls peace plebiscite in Oct, reveals question
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday officially called a plebiscite r allowing the nation to decide whether to accept a peace agreement to end more...
Colombia sends peace deal to Congress as negotiators defend it
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos sent the text of a peace accord with Marxist FARC rebels to Congress on Thursday in the first step before...
Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed
Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to...
Colombia’s FARC rebels sign historic ceasefire with government
By Sarah Marsh Colombia’s government and the country’s leftist FARC rebels signed a historic ceasefire deal on Thursday that brings them tantalizingly close to ending...
Colombia government, FARC close to peace deal – mediator Norway
The Colombian government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are making progress in peace talks, and a deal to end Latin America’s...
Colombia to halt bombings of FARC rebel bases for a month
By Julia Symmes Cobb Colombia’s armed forces will halt bombing raids against Marxist FARC rebels for one month, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday,...
Colombia’s FARC free two soldiers in step to restart peace talks
By Julia Symmes Cobb Colombia’s FARC rebels freed two captured soldiers on Tuesday, the first step toward resuming peace talks which the government suspended after...
