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27 September 2016 by AFP
Santos, Timochenko: Colombia foes turned peacemakers Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez come from different worlds: one a rich businessman and politician; the other a country boy turned communist guerrilla. But the two form [...]
27 September 2016 by AFP
Colombia, FARC rebels sign historic peace deal Colombia's leftist FARC rebel force signed a historic peace accord with the government Monday and apologized to the countless victims of the country's half-century civil war. In an emotional open-air ceremony, President Juan Manue [...]
26 September 2016 by AFP
Colombian, FARC leaders to sign historic peace deal Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebels, Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, are due to sign a historic peace deal Monday to end a five-decade war. The former enemies will sign the accord at 5:00 pm (22 [...]
22 September 2016 by AFP
Venezuela election authority: No 2016 recall vote for Maduro Venezuela's electoral authority on Wednesday ruled out a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro this year, all but dashing opposition hopes to oust him at the ballot box. The National Electoral Council declared in a st [...]
21 September 2016 by AFP
Appeal for calm after US police shooting sparks unrest The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina appealed for calm Wednesday after a night of violent protests and looting sparked by the fatal police shooting of a black man said to have been armed with a handgun. Police said 16 officers a [...]
6 September 2016 by AFP
Santos confident Colombians will say 'yes' to peace Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos says he is certain his government's peace deal with FARC rebels will be approved in an October 2 referendum because "an imperfect peace is always preferable to a perfect war." "The 'no' won' [...]
1 September 2016 by AFP
ICC welcomes Colombia peace deal, urges prosecutions The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Thursday welcomed Colombia's peace deal with FARC rebels, but called for "genuine" prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes. "The peace agreement ack [...]
26 August 2016 by Human Rights Watch
Colombia: Peace Pact a Key Opportunity to Curb Abuses (Washington, DC, August 25, 2016) – The agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas on August 24, 2016, to end their 52-year conflict is an unprecedented opportunity [...]
25 August 2016 by AFP
Timeline of the Colombian conflict After a half-century of conflict, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombian government announced Wednesday they have reached a historic peace deal. Here are key dates in Latin America's longest armed conflict [...]
25 August 2016 by AFP
Six Key points of the colombian peace deal Here are key points of the peace deal announced Wednesday to end five decades of conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government. The deal consists of six agreements:   - Ceasefire a [...]
25 August 2016 by Hector Velasco
Colombia announces historic peace agreement Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced Wednesday that they have reached a historic peace deal to end their half-century civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives. After nearly four years of negotiations in Cuba, [...]
18 August 2016 by AFP
Argentine judge to probe murder of Spanish poet Lorca An Argentine judge known for investigating crimes committed during Spain's civil war will probe the murder of poet Federico Garcia Lorca, a victims' association said Thursday. The Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory [...]
8 August 2016 by Jamie Rowen
Rethinking a Truth Commission in Colombia For nearly six decades, the Colombian government has struggled to quell the country’s armed conflict that has left hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and much of the countryside ungovernable. In June 2015, the Colombi [...]
3 August 2016 by Cath Collins
New Peruvian law offers hope to relatives of the disappeared The majestic yet forbidding landscape of the Peruvian highlands hides grim secrets. The country’s Ayacucho region was the cradle of Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path, which waged a total and ultimately futile war against the Per [...]
22 July 2016 by Dr Luke Moffett Director of the Human Rights Centre Queen's University Belfast
Reparations for victimised perpetrators  Reparations are often touted as victim focused measures of redressing transitional justice and human rights. However, identifying which victims are eligible for reparations goes to heart of debates about the legitimacy of the vio [...]
20 July 2016 by AFP
UN reverts to secrecy for vote on new secretary-general After months of public campaigning, debates and open hearings, Security Council ambassadors huddle behind closed doors on Thursday to begin secret voting for a new secretary-general to lead the world body. The 15 council members i [...]
20 July 2016 by AFP
US, anti-IS coalition allies regroup after jihadist attacks With jihadist attacks proliferating around the world, the United States has reassembled its coalition partners for meetings Wednesday and Thursday to review a two-year-old war that has so far failed to eliminate the Islamic State [...]
16 July 2016 by AFP
Shootings at wakes dog Venezuela funeral parlors It takes guts as well as a strong stomach to do Baldomero Hidalgo's job: he shows up to work at a Caracas funeral home when even the families of the dead are too scared to come. In one of the most dangerous cities in the world, he [...]
14 July 2016 by AFP
Funerals begin for slain Dallas police officers Funerals were held Wednesday for two of the five officers killed in last week's sniper shooting in Dallas, one day after President Barack Obama addressed a public memorial service honoring the slain police. Onlookers paused to pay [...]