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7 dead in Colombia as FARC, government to resume talks

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 02:15
Five FARC militants, a policeman and a soldier were killed in recent days, authorities said Monday as peace talks aimed at ending the long-running conflict were set to resume. In the southern Caqueta department, five militants from the leftist FARC rebel group were killed and a soldier wounded in fighting in a rural area, the army operational chief there said. In a separate military operation in the same town of Puerto Rico, troops captured four guerrillas and seized weapons and explosives.

FARC controls 60 percent of drug trade - Colombia's police chief

April 22, 2013 18:16
By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels control more than 60 percent of the Andean nation's drug trade, including cocaine trafficking overseas, an activity the armed group has denied during peace talks in Cuba, Colombia's police chief said on Monday.

Colombia peace talks to resume next week

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 13:01
Colombian peace talks designed to end Latin America's last and oldest insurgency will resume next week after a month's recess, the two sides said. The FARC leftist rebels and the Bogota government said in a joint statement issued in Havana, which is hosting the talks, that the discussions will resume April 23. The negotiations have been in recess since March 21. The talks, which began November 19, so far have addressed only the first item on a five-point agenda -- land reform.

Former Colombia leader pans peace talks with rebels

April 13, 2013 14:45
Colombia's former leader Alvaro Uribe had harsh criticism Saturday for current President Juan Manuel Santos's peace overtures to leftist rebels, whom he likened to infamous drug kingpins. In an interview published Saturday in Chile's El Mercurio daily, Uribe compared the crimes of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) with the worst acts committed by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Uribe urged his successor to deal more severely with leftist fighters rather than treating them "with impunity."

Colombians march in polarizing bid to make peace with FARC

April 9, 2013 15:45
By Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Waving balloons and dressed in white, tens of thousands of Colombians marched in Bogota and across the nation on Tuesday in a polarizing gathering for peace that critics slam as a show of support for Marxist FARC rebels. Throngs of people chanting "We want peace" advanced toward the capital's main square, Plaza Bolivar, a few blocks from where former presidential candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated on April 9, 65 years ago.

Colombians march in polarising bid to bring peace with FARC

April 9, 2013 12:46
By Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Waving balloons and dressed in white, tens of thousands of Colombians marched in Bogota and across the nation on Tuesday in a polarizing gathering for peace that critics slam as a show of support for Marxist FARC rebels. Throngs of people chanting "we want peace" advanced toward the capital's main square, Plaza Bolivar, a few blocks from where former presidential candidate Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated on April 9, 65 years ago.

Santos leads march for peace in Colombia

April 9, 2013 11:47
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos led a march for peace through Bogota Tuesday, calling for an end to decades of armed conflict at a time when peace talks in Havana are under fire from his predecessor Alvaro Uribe. Hundreds of soldiers joined Santos and his cabinet ministers at the Plaza of the Fallen Heroes, one of seven starting points for the march by thousands of people, many of them in white T-shirts and carrying white flags.

Colombia's president, predecessor clash over peace talks

April 8, 2013 18:01
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos accused his predecessor Alvaro Uribe Monday of attempting to sabotage peace talks with the FARC rebel group. It was the second time in just three days that Santos has rebuked his former boss, this time for disclosing the locations from which rebel leaders were leaving Colombia for peace talks in Cuba. "They are sowing discord, they are planting lies and committing truly irresponsible acts, like divulging the coordinates worked out with our army to permit the departure of some guerrilla spokesmen to Havana," Santos said.

Colombian FARC leader Catatumbo joins peace talks in Havana

April 7, 2013 20:37
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian rebel leader Pablo Catatumbo has joined the team of FARC negotiators hammering out a peace deal in Havana, a move that could help the Marxist group garner more support from low-ranking guerrillas to end the country's five-decade conflict. Catatumbo, who is sought by the United States for drug trafficking, went to Havana with other members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to reinforce the negotiating team, the rebel group said in a statement on Sunday.

Security forces kill 4 FARC rebels in Colombia

April 7, 2013 14:46
Bogota, Apr 7 (EFE).- The security forces killed four FARC rebels and captured two others near Colombia's border with Panama, President Juan Manuel Santos said. "This was a very strong blow. Congratulations for the blow you gave them," Santos said during an appearance Saturday in Soacha. Police and army troops staged the joint operation against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the Uraba region of Choco, a province in northwestern Colombia.
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