Outgoing Colombian president calls for end to mounting violence against activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spoke out on Monday to condemn the nation’s soaring violence against human rights leaders amid growing pressure that the government act more forcefully to end the bloodshed. Activists are being gunned down at a rate of one every three days in the Latin American country, rights groups […]
World Council of Churches expresses concern over upsurge of violence in Colombia
The World Council of Churches has expressed concern over an upsurge in violence in Colombia, saying it can only “weaken the shaky foundations” on which the recent peace accord was built. The resumption of violence has followed the expiry of a ceasefire which held since October last year and the suspension of negotiations between the […]
With rebel ceasefire in tatters, fears of fresh displacement in Colombia, warns UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of Colombians risk being forced from their homes amid renewed violence after the expiry of a ceasefire between the country’s ELN rebel group and the government, the United Nations and aid groups warned on Monday. The National Liberation Army (ELN) leftist guerrilla group and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos […]
Colombians reject peace deal with FARC in national referendum
The future of a peace deal agreed between the Colombian Government and leftist guerilla group FARC – aimed at ending 52 years of conflict – remains up in the air after the Colombian people voted against the agreement in a national referendum. The BBC reports that the ‘no’ vote narrowly won the referendum, claiming 50.24 […]