Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said "We won't let terrorism frighten us". A bomb made of ammonium nitrate was placed in a women's bathroom at one of the busiest shopping centers in Bogotá this Saturday.
There is a renewed sense of hope in Colombia with regard to attaining lasting peace in the country, which has been very elusive in the last several decades. The National Liberation Army (ELN), which is the second main guerilla group in the country, will now be joining the negotiations with the government.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed UN envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the organization’s political mission in Colombia. It will monitor and verify a future peace deal between the Colombian government and the FARC.
Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Tomás González Estrada has resigned from his position. The country is swamped with energy problems due to the drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia. Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia.
President Juan Manuel Santos announced last Saturday that Colombia has diagnosed a total of 3,177 cases of pregnant women with Zika virus, per the Associated Press. The good news is that no microcephaly, a birth defect related to the mosquito-borne disease was recorded.
In the name of peace, two leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos, have agreed to draft a continued and increased financial aid to further end hostility in Colombia, BBC reports.
The peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will take center stage on Feb. 4 as President Barack Obama is set to host his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at the White House.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wants to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC from the list of terrorist organizations of the U.S. Santos told the Associated Press that he also wants the existing arrest warrants for FARC leaders suspended.
Colombia has just legalized the consumption of medicinal marijuana. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree which legalizes and regulates the consumption of medical marijuana on Tuesday, Dec.
A man who is allegedly responsible for performing over 100 forced abortions on female fighting in the Colombian Marxist group FARC has been arrested in Spain.
In yet another gesture of goodwill toward the central government in Bogotá, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Wednesday freed a soldier who had been captured two weeks ago when he was on vacation in the country's southern jungles.
