Colombian prosecutors say they will seek to charge some 1,500 civilians with conflict-related crimes allegedly committed by guerilla groups like the FARC as part of any peace deal.
Colombians made history as tens of thousands took to the streets in cities and towns nationwide to show their support for peace talks between the government and FARC guerillas.
A UN report warns that Colombia's humanitarian situation remains severe in spite of ongoing peace talks with the FARC, stressing continued paramilitary activity.
With peace talks set to resume, Colombia’s FARC rebels charge that the military is continuing “offensive operations” despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by the guerillas.
Fighting continued up to the minute a unilateral FARC ceasefire took effect, with Colombia's government refusing rebel demands for foreign observers to monitor the truce.
Colombia's Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez slammed President Juan Manuel Santos for "protecting a terrorist" by failing to arrest FARC leader "Timochenko."
Despite peace talks with the FARC, armed conflict and displacement persist as threats to Colombia's indigenous peoples, according to the country's indigenous organization.
Two leaders of the Embera Dobida people in Colombia's Chocó region were assassinated after protesting incursions onto their lands by guerillas and paramilitaries alike.
In the ongoing peace talks in Havana, Colombia's government and the FARC rebels agreed to a truth commission to addresses the deaths of thousands in five decades of conflict.
Colombian crude production sank to a 20-month low of 935,000 barrels per day as guerilla attacks and protests by impacted indigenous communities curbed output.
An unknown number of miners—perhaps as many as 40—were buried alive as an illegal gold mine collapsed at El Palmar, in Colombia's southern region of Cauca.
Colombia's ELN guerillas blew up four crude-oil holding pools along the Caño Limon pipeline, sparking a large blaze and causing the local population to flee.
