Time

Waiting for the FARC: Colombia's President Santos Tells TIME He Won't Move Too Fast

As soon as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sat down for an interview with TIME on Monday, April 2, at the Casa de Nariño presidential palace in Bogotá, he checked his watch. During that hour he ...
Digital Journal

Colombia’s Santos presses for peace as FARC death toll climbs

The president of Colombia called for accelerated peace negotiations with FARC guerrillas, just as eight rebels were killed in an escalating government offensive. Juan Manuel Santos made the ...
Colombia Reports

Santos instructs new defense chief to maintain offensive against FARC

Juan Manuel Santos (L) and Luis Carlos Villegas (Image credit: President's Office) Torn between war victims calling for a ceasefire with rebel group FARC and public opinion opposing exactly that, ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. to Drop Colombian Rebel Group FARC From Terrorist List to Bolster Five-Year-Old Pact

The Biden administration will remove a former Colombian rebel group from a list of foreign terrorist organizations, a measure intended to demonstrate American support for a fragile peace agreement ...
Colombia Reports

Santos calls on Colombia congress to promote peace with FARC rebels

Speaking before Congress at the inauguration of Colombia’s new congressional year, President Juan Manuel Santos called on Colombians to unite behind peace talks with far-left FARC guerrillas. The ...