Colombia's Constitutional Court approved the government's plan for "fast track" authority to expedite congressional approval of terms for a peace deal with the FARC rebels.
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With Colombia's Congress voting to approve the revised peace accord with the FARC rebels, the country is on a countdown to the full demobilization of the guerilla army.
President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he has developed a plan of action to address the ongoing wave of assassinations of social leaders across Colombia.
For a second time in the space of a month, planned peace talks between the Colombian government and ELN guerillas in Quito broke down on the very eve of convening.
President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono AKA "Timochenko" signed a new peace agreement to replace the one rejected by voters in a national plebiscite.
Representatives of Colombia's government and the rebel National Liberation Army met in Caracas to announce that they are opening formal peace negotiations.
Thousands marched for peace across Colombia as President Manuel Santos was awared the Nobel prize for his accord with the FARC—despite its rejection in a plebiscite.
In Colombia's historic plebiscite, voters narrowly rejected the peace pact with the FARC rebels—a major surprise, as all polls had predicted a landslide victory.
Colombia's long civil war came to an official end as President Juan Manuel Santos met with FARC leader "Timochenko" in the Caribbean port of Cartagena to sign a formal peace pact.
Five campesino leaders were assassinated by presumed paramilitary hitmen on the same day that the Colombian government's official ceasefire with the FARC took effect.
Amid moves toward peace in Colombia, the goad of the war—the country's lucrative cocaine trade—clearly remains robust, as record-breaking hauls are reported.
