| 单词 | FARC |
| 例句 | The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, had become notorious for its use of kidnapping and ransom demands to fund its fight against the government. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: “Poverty is what makes the rich rich” 2013-06-02T13:00:00Z When a gang of extortionists telephones women in Bogotá demanding money, the callers pretend to be members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the deadly rebel group known as FARC. ‘Infiltrados’ Has Its U.S. Premiere on Monday 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Back then, the plaza, almost devoid of tourists, was dominated by a tent pitched by the father of a soldier held captive for seven years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC. Cultured Traveler: A Tourist Revival in the Heart of Bogotá 2012-09-14T16:39:05Z “In the FARC, it was frowned upon to turn down a leader’s advances,” she writes. Books of The Times: Held Captive, yet Clinging to Hope 2010-09-20T22:16:00Z The FARC-EMC are a splinter group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombia announces cease-fire with a group that split off from the FARC rebels 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z In neighboring Colombia, the government signed a landmark peace agreement in 2016 with the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which controlled much of the drug trade. How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The government reached a landmark peace accord with the FARC, the largest rebel group, in 2016 following an arduous five-year process. Colombia and Rebel Group Begin Cease-Fire After Decades of Combat 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The U.N. has been monitoring a 2016 peace accord between the government and Colombia’s then largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. UN given green light to monitor peace deal between Colombia’s government and its largest rebel group 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The United States considered the FARC, which disbanded in 2016 as part of a historic peace deal, to be a terrorist group. Venezuela ex-general pleads guilty to US charges of helping FARC 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z For decades the country has been terrorized by armed groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombian Children Rescued in Jungle Had Been Fleeing for Their Lives 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Some rural areas of Colombia are still under the grip of drug gangs and rebel groups despite the 2016 peace deal with the larger FARC. Biden, Colombia’s Petro to meet amid deep policy differences 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The FARC’s disarmament left a power vacuum for other armed groups to fill, including the E.L.N. which has nearly doubled in size since 2016. Colombia and Rebel Group Begin Cease-Fire After Decades of Combat 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z It was a town controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the now-demobilized leftist insurgency that waged a decades-long fight to overthrow the government. Inside Colombia’s most powerful drug trafficking group — and its case for peace His government is holding peace talks with the ELN and has declared a bilateral ceasefire with dissidents, who reject a 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC. At least 11 die in Colombia as ELN rebels clash with dissident ex-FARC fighters 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z A Drug Enforcement Administration informant, posing as a representative of the Colombian rebel group FARC, negotiated a deal for Bout to supply the group with surface-to-air missiles and rocket launchers. Opinion | Trading Brittney Griner for an arms dealer was a good deal 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z A 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group, known as FARC, reduced violence throughout much of the country. Biden, Colombia’s Petro to meet amid deep policy differences 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Abroad, she supported the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Marxist guerrilla organization known as FARC, as well as the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, a Basque separatist movement in Spain. Hebe de Bonafini, 93, Who Rallied Mothers of ‘the Disappeared,’ Dies 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, are known to have a presence in Huila. Explosion Kills 8 Police Officers in Colombia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z In 2016, Colombia signed a peace deal with a larger rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombian rebels say they freed 6 soldiers ahead of talks 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Bout was tried on the charges related to FARC, which he denied, and in 2012 was convicted and sentenced by a court in Manhattan to 25 years in prison, the minimum sentence possible. Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z But homicides and forced displacement have increased in some isolated areas, where smaller groups began to fight over drug trafficking routes, illegal mines and other resources abandoned by FARC. Biden, Colombia’s Petro to meet amid deep policy differences 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Bout thought he was meeting in Bangkok with representatives of the leftist Colombian guerrilla organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to sell them helicopters and rocket launchers. Shadowy arms dealer Viktor Bout may be key to Russia's release of WNBA star Brittney Griner 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The FARC, the country’s largest rebel force, signed a landmark peace accord in 2016 with the Colombian authorities and agreed to disband and hand over its weapons. Explosion Kills 8 Police Officers in Colombia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Bout met with undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agents he believed represented rebels from Colombia’s Revolutionary Armed Forces, or FARC, which the United States considered a terrorist organization until last year. The Russian arms dealer at the center of a proposed swap for Brittney Griner has a notorious history. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The FARC’s official status at the time as a foreign terrorist organization meant that Mr. Bout drew a mandatory federal minimum sentence of 25 years. Russia Hints at Linking Griner’s Case to Fate of ‘Merchant of Death’ 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Beginning in the 1960s, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the leftist rebel group known as the FARC, took up arms, railed against inequality and sought to overthrow the government. Colombia truth panel calls for move toward ‘legal regulation’ of drugs 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The Colombian conflict began as a war between the government and the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z When the authorities failed to offer promised job opportunities and reforms in many places, armed criminal groups filled the vacuum, competing for territory previously controlled by the FARC. Explosion Kills 8 Police Officers in Colombia 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Those crimes, the report said, were committed by the FARC, by paramilitaries, by state security forces and by others. Colombia’s Truth Commission Is Highly Critical of U.S. Policy 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Destruction of the forest has been on the rise since 2016, the year Colombia signed a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that ended decades of a bloody armed conflict. New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z In Tuesday’s hearing, Rodrigo Londoño, the FARC’s last commander, said that the kidnappings were sanctioned for years by leaders of the rebel group, who only required that hostages not be killed without their approval. Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It eventually evolved into a complex battle involving the government, the FARC, paramilitary groups and the U.S. government. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z For decades, Colombia’s government fought the FARC, and the war grew into a complex battle among left-wing guerrilla groups, right-wing paramilitaries and the military, all of which have been accused of human rights abuses. He Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Fulfill That Vow? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The document is titled “Recent Successes Against the Colombian FARC.” Colombia’s Truth Commission Is Highly Critical of U.S. Policy 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z It was far smaller than the country’s main guerrilla force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which was Marxist and sought haven in Colombia’s jungles and rural areas. Before he was a politician, Gustavo Petro was part of an urban guerrilla group. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The hearing was attended by seven former rebel leaders who were part of the FARC’s last secretariat. Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z For decades, the government fought a brutal leftist insurgency known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, with the stigma from the conflict making it difficult for a legitimate left to flourish. Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country’s first Leftist president. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Despite the 2016 peace accord with the FARC, many of the fault lines of the conflict remain, which has been supercharged by social media, allowing rumor and misinformation to fly. He Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Fulfill That Vow? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s not because the FARC, as an organized fighting force, is back. Looming over the election is the rise of armed groups that threaten to once again tear Colombia apart. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z He believes she was murdered in captivity, but has said he would explore peace talks with the ELN if elected and continue to implement a 2016 deal with the FARC. Colombia's 'king of TikTok' Hernandez ready for run-off after shock result 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The group was never as large or as violent as the country’s main guerrilla force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Will Colombia Elect Its First Leftist Leader? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Hernandez believes she was murdered in captivity, but has said he would explore peace talks with the ELN if elected and continue to implement a 2016 deal with the FARC. Populist Colombian candidate Hernandez enjoys late rise in polls 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The jurisdiction was formed through the country’s 2016 peace deal with its largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — the FARC. Accused in deaths of innocents, a former colonel confronts his shame 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z For generations, national politics have been driven by opposition to a brutal leftist insurgency, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Teen Mother. Housekeeper. Activist. Vice President? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The country’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace was created in 2017 as part of the peace deal with the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Top Colombian military officials admit to crimes against humanity 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It is not because the FARC, as an organized fighting force, is back. Deep in Colombia, rebels and soldiers fight for the same prize: drugs 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Duque took office in August 2018, less than two years after the November 2016 signing of a peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. Colombia’s leader touts peace efforts, says drugs are enemy 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, officially demobilized under the 2016 accord, but some members reject the deal and continue to engage in drug trafficking and illegal mining. World Digest: March 29, 2022 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z "FARC dissidents, criminal groups: I think the only way is to surrender and turn themselves in," Zuluaga said from his office in Bogota. Colombia presidential candidate says talks with ELN rebels possible but not in Cuba 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But it also fueled conflict — and became the target of frequent attacks by the ELN and the FARC. Bloody fighting between guerrilla groups is terrorizing Colombian border communities 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z But the Comandos do not attack the government or consider it their enemy, said Perdomo, who himself spent more than a decade with the FARC. Deep in Colombia, rebels and soldiers fight for the same prize: drugs 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The explosion, which military authorities attributed to the dissident FARC's 10th front, destroyed a number of buildings, including the headquarters of a human rights group. Car bomb in eastern Colombia conflict area kills one 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Following more than 50 years of war, the government and the rebel group, known as the FARC, signed a peace deal in 2016. Once a Hostage, She’s Now Running for President of Colombia 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z "FARC dissidents had an opportunity and they fooled the country." Colombia presidential candidate says talks with ELN rebels possible but not in Cuba 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The last time Betancourt ran for president, in 2002, she was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and held hostage in the jungle. World Digest: Jan. 18, 2022 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The killings mark a setback for the government, which was able to bring down homicide rates in much of Colombia after a 2016 peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: Jan. 3, 2022 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z "We are very concerned about the fighting between the ELN and dissidents of the FARC's 10th front in Arauca and Apure," Pappier said. At least 16 dead amid clashes between armed groups in Colombia's Arauca 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Police forces fought alongside the U.S.-backed army on the front lines of that conflict against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombia’s riot police need ‘profound transformation,’ U.N. rights agency says 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In Colombia, coca production has increased despite the peace deal signed by the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Belgian Port City Grapples With a Flood of Cocaine 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Despite the horrors she endured — at times being chained by the neck — Betancourt supported Colombia’s 2016 peace deal with the FARC. World Digest: Jan. 18, 2022 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z But as the deal's implementation falters, the party -- which promotes the FARC's Marxist ideals and is meant to give former fighters a political voice -- is fracturing. Colombia ex-rebels grow disillusioned with FARC party 5 years after peace 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Many of the FARC’s former top military commanders are now prominent politicians. U.S. Removes Colombia’s FARC Rebel Group From Terrorist List 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z But five years after the country signed a peace deal with the FARC, the United Nations is urging Colombia to consider moving its police out of its Defense Ministry. Colombia’s riot police need ‘profound transformation,’ U.N. rights agency says 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “Today’s revocation of FARC’s terrorist designations is a credit to the 2016 Peace Accord with the Colombian government,” Blinken said in a tweet. U.S. removes terrorist designation for Colombia’s FARC 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The two are breakaway groups of the leftist organization known by the Spanish acronym FARC. U.S. to revoke terrorist designation for Colombia's FARC on Tuesday, add 2 breakaway groups 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Founded in 1964, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the Spanish acronym FARC, was responsible for summary executions and kidnappings of thousands of people, including Americans. U.S. expects to drop Colombia's FARC from terrorist list by late November 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Some Republicans have criticized the Biden administration’s decision to remove the FARC’s terrorist group designation. U.S. Removes Colombia’s FARC Rebel Group From Terrorist List 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z New designations will be issued for at least one of the splinter groups that have broken with the FARC, as it was known, and still consider themselves at war with the government. U.S. plans to lift terrorist designation from former Colombian guerrilla group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “Colombia has endured decades of pain and suffering because of the vicious terrorist attacks spearheaded by the FARC,” Rubio said in a statement. U.S. removes terrorist designation for Colombia’s FARC 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed the U.S. had informed Congress of an action it was taking with regard to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, widely known by its acronym, FARC. AP source: US delisting Colombia rebels as terror group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Congress on Tuesday of its planned delisting of FARC. U.S. expects to drop Colombia's FARC from terrorist list by late November 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z U.S. officials could announce the delisting of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the Spanish acronym FARC, as soon as Tuesday, one of the sources told Reuters. U.S. set to remove Colombia rebel group FARC from terrorism list -sources 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Tuesday called the peace agreement “a seminal turning point” in the decades-old conflict between successive Colombian governments and the FARC. U.S. plans to lift terrorist designation from former Colombian guerrilla group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The FARC’s inclusion on the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations restricts U.S. officials from funding programs aimed at advancing the peace accords in which former combatants participate or benefit. How the U.S. terrorist list is getting in the way of peace in Colombia 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Price noted administration officials were in Bogota a few weeks ago, where they talked with Colombia’s president, foreign minister and others on implementing and upholding the peace deal with FARC. AP source: US delisting Colombia rebels as terror group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Indjai agreed, according to a U.S. indictment, and offered to store FARC’s drugs in Guinea-Bissau, as well as set up a phony company for cover. The U.S. posted a huge reward for a suspected drug kingpin in Guinea-Bissau. But capturing him is complicated. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Although the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, signed a peace accord in 2016 and most members demobilized, some former fighters reject the deal and continue to battle the government. World Digest: Sept. 27, 2021 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Price declined to specify the details of what he called “upcoming actions . . . with regard to the FARC,” which he said would be revealed “in the coming days.” U.S. plans to lift terrorist designation from former Colombian guerrilla group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The FARC’s listing is now under review, according to the State Department. How the U.S. terrorist list is getting in the way of peace in Colombia 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z At the same time, security has worsened in many rural areas, as criminal groups battle for territory previously held by the demobilized FARC. Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The peace deal led to a general decline in violence, but the FARC’s demobilization opened a power vacuum in some areas. Killings of Colombia environmental activists hit record, NGO says, despite gov't promises 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z They are mainly ELN guerrillas and former fighters from another rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, according to residents and internal Venezuelan intelligence documents viewed by Reuters. Guns, drugs, jobs. In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But because of the FARC’s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, U.S. officials have been prohibited from funding programs aimed at advancing any accords in which former combatants participate or benefit. U.S. plans to lift terrorist designation from former Colombian guerrilla group 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “It creates the narrative that the only actor that has committed crimes against humanity is the FARC,” said Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli of the Washington Office on Latin America, one of the groups that made the request. How the U.S. terrorist list is getting in the way of peace in Colombia 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Analysts fault both Mr. Duque and his predecessor, Mr. Santos, for failing to fill the vacuum left by the FARC. Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z He was elected after campaigning on increasing economic growth and changing the terms of the peace accord with FARC, but he quickly ran into challenges. Colombia’s Troubles Put a President’s Legacy on the Line 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The 2016 peace agreement was supposed to end the armed conflict between the government and the FARC. From Colombia to U.S., Police Violence Pushes Protests Into Mass Movements 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z But after Colombia struck a peace deal with its largest guerrilla group — the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — society changed, he said. Colombia’s Police Force, Built for War, Finds a New One 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Twelve former combatants cleared a patch of land belonging to an Indigenous community — in a department once controlled by the FARC. How the U.S. terrorist list is getting in the way of peace in Colombia 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z There is supposed to be a meeting soon in Istanbul, led by an experienced UN negotiator, Jean Arnault, who helped bring peace to Guatemala, and then between Colombia and the FARC. UN rebel Denis Halliday on the collapse of the U.S.-dominated world order 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z His trickiest balancing act may be enacting the peace accord with FARC. Colombia’s Troubles Put a President’s Legacy on the Line 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Human Rights Watch told The Associated Press the armed group involved is the 10th Front, which is made up of dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish acronym FARC. NGOs: Venezuela military, Colombia rebels continue fighting 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z She believes that the court is a distraction designed to gloss over the FARC’s unresolved crimes. Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Colombia remains divided over who should be held to account for decades of violence that only diminished with a 2016 peace accord with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: March 5, 2021 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Armed groups, including some that emerged from the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, are responsible for some of the killings, researchers with Human Rights Watch said in a report. Report: Colombia failing to protect human rights defenders 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Armed groups, including some that emerged from the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, are responsible for part of the killings, researchers with Human Rights Watch said in a report. Report: Colombia failing to protect human rights defenders 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It is considered more radical and less centrally controlled than the FARC, which is now a legal political party. Biden could help unfreeze Colombian peace talks: ELN rebel leader 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Colombia’s most recent conflicts date to the 1960s, when a leftist rebel group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, launched an insurgency meant to remake a sharply unequal society. Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Before the peace deal was signed with the FARC, more than 50 years of war in Colombia caused over 220,000 deaths and displaced nearly 6 million people. UN envoy says ex-combatants in Colombia being killed 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The peace deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, ended five decades of war that had left thousands dead and displaced an estimated six million people. Colombia Sees Surge in Mass Killings Despite Historic Peace Deal 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z At 16, fed up with her family’s poverty, she became one of hundreds of young people to join Colombia’s best-known leftist rebel group, the FARC. Pandemic Drives Millions From Latin America’s Universities 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “According to the laws of the FARC, entrance is voluntary,” he told local radio recently, before admitting there have been some cases of “deceptive” recruitment. As FARC leader testifies, survivors of sexual abuse, recruitment see little hope for justice 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Of the FARC, she added: “They are never going to tell the whole truth.” Colombia Seeks Justice for War Atrocities Via New Court 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Highway blockades, kidnappings and city bombings were regular occurrences, and much of the nation was desperate for someone to restore order and to defeat the FARC. Álvaro Uribe’s Detention Deepens Colombia’s Divisions 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Observers fear they’re accelerating an already dangerous drift away from the 2016 peace accord that ended the 52-year conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC. Colombian guerrillas are using coronavirus curfews to expand their control. Violators have been killed. 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z “If you are a rebel group and you see what is happening to the FARC, why would you trust in a deal with the government?” Colombia relocates village of ex-rebels as killings surge 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The decree is aimed at dissidents with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, as well as those belonging to three other groups. World Digest: July 8, 2020 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Colombia is considered one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, but its jungles and forests remain largely unexplored by scientists, thanks in part to FARC’s occupancy. A conservation scientist enlists Colombia’s ex-guerrillas in a new cause: preserving their country’s biodiversity 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z In 2012, a federal judge in Florida awarded the men $318 million to be paid from bank accounts seized from drug traffickers linked to the FARC, a designated terrorist group. US victims of FARC rebels win claim to Venezuelan’s fortune 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z A paid informer of the DEA set up a fictitious deal through a known associate of Bout’s to supply 100 surface-to-air missiles and rocket launchers to the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group. FAQ: Is a Russia-U.S. prisoner swap possible? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Then at the request of the FARC, the villages remained in place and became locations where ex-fighters pursued agricultural projects and learned new trades. Colombia relocates village of ex-rebels as killings surge 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Most of the underlying problems that sparked the FARC’s leftist revolution, namely Colombia’s stark inequality, continue. A One-Time Rebel of Colombia’s War Seeks Her Place in Peacetime 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The initial contact through the Colombian embassies in the United Kingdom and Australia, and the consultation with stakeholders, including FARC, took 15 to 18 months—it’s been a lot of work. A conservation scientist enlists Colombia’s ex-guerrillas in a new cause: preserving their country’s biodiversity 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z They say the cartel worked with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to ship the drug by air and sea through the Caribbean and Central America to the United States. U.S. indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on narcoterrorism charges, offers $15 million reward for his capture 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z It turns out, though, there were no coke loads, and there was no FARC; there was only a DEA sting operation, with the conspiracy created out of whole cloth. As the global war on drugs fades away, the only people who benefited were drug traffickers 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Colombia’s Foreign Minister Claudia Blum told the council that the recent thwarting of the plan to attack FARC’s Londono “is the result of robust measures which are being adopted by the government.” UN envoy for Colombia: Peace depends on stopping killings 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Security Council circulated Thursday that 77 members of the former rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, were killed up until Dec. 26, compared with 65 in 2018 and 31 in 2017. UN: 2019 most violent year for ex-rebels since Colombia deal 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Eighteen years ago, at age 10, she fled her native Colombia after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC, threatened to kill her family. In a converted bus in Tijuana, a school emerges for asylum seekers 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But it remained the case that they were harboring members of the FARC, the antigovernment terrorists leftist group in Colombia. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The entire canyon, Dr. Bernal knew driving in, was controlled by guerrillas with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Stalking the Endangered Wax Palm 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z They became two of some 200 total CPOTs ever designated by the department, joining organizations like the Sinaloa Cartel and the Colombian guerrilla group FARC. The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The U.S. indictment also repeats an accusation that Carvajal provided guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, with weapons and protection inside Venezuela. The rise and fall of former Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’ 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z But scientists say the deforestation was primarily set off by demobilization of the main rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC, as a result of the 2016 peace deal. Amazon Forests Vanish at Breakneck Speed. It’s Not Just in Brazil. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The FARC, who adhere to a Marxist-Leninist doctrine, became linked with drug trafficking; their fight earned widespread rejection from a population exhausted by decades of kidnappings, bombings and land seizures. As Colombia peace accord unravels, ex-FARC leaders take up arms, announce return to conflict 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z As Dr. Sanín and Dr. Bernal entered a clearing, they encountered some letters etched in the wax of a trunk: “Death to the FARC.” Stalking the Endangered Wax Palm 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Speaking to the press Thursday, Miguel Ceballos, the government’s high commissioner to the peace process, said he and his team are entirely committed to the successful implementation of the deal, despite threats from the FARC. FARC leader accuses Colombian president of failing to uphold 2016 peace deal 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “Yet in practice, the government does not exercise effective control over all territory in particular areas reclaimed from the FARC.” Rights group warns of new ‘war’ in Colombia’s border zone 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “One of the big unanswered questions of the peace process is why the government was so slow and either unwilling or incapable of occupying these spaces vacated by the FARC.” UN Security Council visits Colombia as peace worries mount 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z In 2016, the FARC, the country’s largest insurgency, agreed to lay down its arms for promises of rural developmental programs that would finally enable poor farmers to earn their living in a legal economy. Coca, the illicit plant that funded Colombia’s civil war, is flourishing again. Duque’s plan to destroy it is drawing opposition. 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Santos, a 1981 graduate of the school, told the Class of 2019 on Wednesday that empathy is what helped him end his nation’s 50-year conflict with the guerilla group known as FARC. Ex-Colombian leader: Empathy a leader’s most important value 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z At issue is whether the alleged crimes took place before or after the signing of the December 2016 peace accord between the government and the FARC. Ex-rebel in Colombia recaptured after release from jail 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Much of the FARC’s funding came through the drug trade. Colombia’s peace deal promised a new era. This is what it looks like. 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z According to Obdola, they initially received training from Colombian rebel group FARC, then eventually the Venezuelan Army and National Guard, but more recently the Cuban military. Maduro’s 'collectivos' strike terror while trying to win back support of Venezuela's most vulnerable 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z “With those acts, we see the violence from this dangerous gang, who is known as Las FARC.” Puerto Rico drug gang fed victims' bodies to caimans, 75 indicted on trafficking charges: feds 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Even before the attack, Mr. Duque, whose right-wing Democratic Center party campaigned against the peace deal with the FARC, expressed little enthusiasm for negotiating with the ELN. Colombia Car Bombing Suspect Belonged to Rebel Group, Government Says 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z How does the ELN differ from the FARC? Colombia’s lesser known rebel group still delivers violence and wreaks havoc 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z So when the government and the largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, reached a peace agreement in September 2016 after years of negotiation, much of the world applauded. Colombia’s peace deal promised a new era. This is what it looks like. 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z According to the Treasury Department, he protected drug shipments and provided weapons to FARC, a Marxist Colombian terrorist group. U.S. must take action on Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the 1960s, FARC, the country’s largest insurgent group, formed to advance its leftist world view; the military and paramilitaries countered with oppressive force. In Colombia, adventures in former rebel strongholds 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z The graffiti scrawled on the walls read: “Death to the collaborators of the FARC. Yours, the Paramilitaries.” A tiny village in Colombia slowly comes back to life 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Like the FARC, the ELN uses Venezuela as a sanctuary, and its members are thought to receive medical treatment from the accommodating socialist government there. Colombia’s lesser known rebel group still delivers violence and wreaks havoc 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z While the police are now in Juan José, neither they nor the military have made it to the nearby villages, and new armed groups have moved in to fill the vacuum left by the FARC. Colombia’s peace deal promised a new era. This is what it looks like. 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Then, in 1984, he secured cease-fire agreements with two of the leading rebel groups: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and M-19, a guerrilla movement based in the cities. Belisario Betancur, Colombian president who led unsuccessful peace effort, dies at 95 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Venezuela participated and was lauded for its role as a guarantor in Colombia’s historic peace process with FARC. Opinion | Venezuela is not a sponsor of terrorism 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Colombia’s government officially declared an end to more than five decades of civil war in 2016, when it signed a peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. Peacetime Spells Death for Colombia’s Activists 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z In September 2015, after reaching a tentative peace agreement with the FARC, Santos announced he was in exploratory talks with the ELN and that formal negotiations would begin in 2016 in Quito, Ecuador. Colombia’s lesser known rebel group still delivers violence and wreaks havoc 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Some immediately joined the National Liberation Army, a cousin to the FARC. Opinion | A Phony Peace in Colombia 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Former President Juan Manuel Santos, who signed the deal with the FARC, told Reuters in an interview in July that most Colombians wanted it implemented to turn the page on the conflict. In Colombia, victims of sexual abuse speak out after peace deal 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The group once fought the FARC, but rebels said they now work together for mutual protection. Colombia Struck a Peace Deal With Guerrillas, but Many Return to Arms 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z A resolution adopted unanimously on Thursday extended the mandate of the U.N. mission monitoring the agreement and urged the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, to work together. UN council urges renewed momentum for peace in Colombia 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A resolution adopted unanimously on Thursday extended the mandate of the U.N. mission monitoring the agreement and urged the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, to work together. UN council urges renewed momentum for peace in Colombia 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Many Colombians were furious at the agreement, calling it too soft on the FARC. Waging War From a Hotel Basement: Colombian Rebels Offer Hostages and Ask for Talks 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z He was thought to have close links to FARC, which the U.S. government considered to be a terrorist organization. The Man Who Captures Criminals for the D.E.A. by Playing Them 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The tribunal was set up under terms of the peace accord signed by the government and leaders of the FARC. Ex-rebels leaders appear before Colombia’s peace tribunal 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “This accord wasn’t made for the FARC, it was made for the local communities,” he said. Santos sees Colombia peace deal safe under hawkish successor 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He campaigned as a sceptic of the peace agreement with the FARC, a guerrilla group that ended its 52-year war against the state in 2016. Colombia’s new president is burdened with political baggage 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z As a senator Duque earned a reputation for being a thoughtful, cordial adversary who frequently stretched his hand across the aisle, but some of his prominent backers are outright hostile to the FARC. Doubts looms over Colombia peace deal with hawk’s election 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z To halt the march of the peace process with the FARC, Duque simply needs to drag his feet. A conservative ‘D.C. Colombian’ wins his country’s presidency. Peace may be the loser. 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The election was the first to be held since the end of Colombia’s war with its main rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. Colombia Elects Iván Duque, Populist Conservative, as President 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2016 the Colombian government signed an accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, ending the Marxist group’s violent 52-year rebellion. Amnesty for drug traffickers? That’s one Mexican presidential candidate’s pitch to voters 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The two men represent opposite views of a landmark 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the rebel group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombia's presidential race heads for a June runoff between conservative Duque and leftist Petro 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the deal with FARC, but the pact is unpopular among many Colombians. Colombia's presidential election could signal end of peace pact with former FARC rebels, analysts say 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z But many Colombians see the pact as too lenient on the FARC, a group reviled for its role in drug trafficking, extortion and kidnapping. Colombia’s Top Presidential Hopefuls: Ex-Rebel or Critic of Peace Pact With Rebels 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better know as the FARC, was Latin America’s biggest guerrilla organization when it agreed to demobilize in 2016, ending a half-century of civil war. FARC violence, cocaine production spike in Colombia threatens election 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Under the peace accord with the FARC, combatants surrendered more than 7,000 weapons last year and began reintegrating into society. Colombian Officials, Seeking to Calm a Storm, Deny Ex-Rebel Being Investigated 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Rather, he argued, they stand out in the void left by the FARC. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The bloodshed highlights problems ahead for governments in both countries, which in 2016 celebrated the signing of peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, and the Colombian government. Marxist Rebels Killed Journalists and Driver, Ecuador’s President Says 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z He was the main speaker for the final campaign event of the FARC, once a guerrilla army, now competing in an election as a political party for the first time. The contenders to succeed Colombia’s peacemaking president 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z According to the government, the spike in violence reflects the movement of rival criminal gangs into territory abandoned by FARC. FARC violence, cocaine production spike in Colombia threatens election 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, which kept its wartime acronym FARC, got just a fraction of a percentage of votes. Colombian Election Brings Divided Congress to Power 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z They are also seizing the FARC’s most lucrative rackets – from the drug trade, to extortion, to illegal mining. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, candidates of the FARC, the same initials as the rebel army but now standing as Spanish initials for the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, made a miserable showing at the polls. Candidates critical of historic peace accord dominate Colombia's election 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z That means their party, also called FARC, will get only the 10 seats guaranteed them by the peace accord. World Digest: March 11, 2018 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Santos insists that the peace process is holding, and Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, the onetime guerrilla fighter who now heads the FARC’s civilian organization, has called on his followers to respect the accord. FARC violence, cocaine production spike in Colombia threatens election 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A last-place finish in the group is no small feat given that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spent his political capital for eight years almost exclusively on securing amnesty for the terrorists of the FARC. Fast Chilean Growth Can Happen Again 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z But it is adept at making money, too, especially now that it emerged from the FARC’s shadow. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z It was also the first time former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, competed politically since disarming under the 2016 peace deal to end a half century of conflict. Peace deal backers suffer in Colombia congress elections 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The guerrillas refashioned themselves as a political party late last year, keeping their acronym, FARC, but changing the name to the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force. Colombia Rebel Ends Presidential Campaign, in Blow to Peace Process 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z For decades, the government’s war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a guerrilla army known as FARC, made this a risky place to visit. Scientists Fear for Colombia’s ‘Melted Rainbow’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In Colombia: FARC, the onetime rebels bent on overthrowing the Colombian government, are now in "training and normalization" camps to learn how to reintegrate with society. Essential California: Bipartisan Senate effort to protect Dreamers collapses after Trump threatens veto 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z “They all want their hands on the business and territorial spoils left by the FARC.” Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “We must absolutely have all of the political parties, including the FARC.” Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The company is being sued by the families of six Americans kidnapped and killed in Colombia during the 1990s by the terrorist organization called FARC. Jury selection starting in Chiquita case involving US deaths 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The families claim Chiquita’s financial support of FARC, as a known terrorist group, means it should be held responsible for the Americans’ deaths and pay damages. Families sue Chiquita over deaths of Americans in Colombia 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Some are going home to families and communities who despise the FARC. Ex-guerrilla launches historic presidential bid in Colombia 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z While a far cry from the 17,000 rebels at the FARC’s peak in the late 1990s, the figure is four times the number the government had previously recognized. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the main rebel group known as the FARC, left more than 200,000 people dead and many millions displaced. Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Santos won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his role in the deal with the FARC. A Colombian Rebel Group Resumes Attacks After Cease-Fire Ends 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Obama repaid Mr. Santos by backing his amnesty for the FARC, the largest drug cartel in the Americas. Obama’s Pass for Hezbollah 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “It’s an affront to Colombians,” he told reporters at a small protest in Bogota’s historic district where demonstrators held up signs reminding passersby of crimes committed by the FARC. Ex-guerrilla launches historic presidential bid in Colombia 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z The ELN, longtime leftist rivals who claimed ideological superiority to the FARC, for five decades have bombed oil pipelines and other targets it deems capitalist infrastructure. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Londoño’s running mate, Imelda Daza, said in an interview with a local radio station on Friday that the violence had been instigated by “persons interested in sabotaging the FARC’s campaign.” Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The U.S.-backed government ended a five-decade civil war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, which fueled its rebellion largely with drug proceeds. Colombian coca farmers, facing a threat to their livelihood, resist U.S.-backed efforts to eradicate cocaine production 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The driver of violence is a deepening turf war for the valuable drug routes once controlled by the FARC. Peace in Colombia fragile year after historic deal with FARC 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Unemployment was near historical lows, the poverty rate was dropping and millions were hopeful about the possibility of lasting peace with the country’s main rebel group, the FARC. She Took On Colombia’s Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced. 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The first took place in a hotel conference room, where the FARC, a guerrilla army turned political party, announced its candidates for presidential and congressional elections to be held in 2018. The FARC is now a political party. Get used to it 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z But he was widely popular because he was the first Colombian president to actively fight the murderous FARC. Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “FARC: Peace with social justice,” its slogan proclaimed. Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, FARC leader, runs for Colombia president 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The announcement was made by the leaders of the political movement started by the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: Nov. 1, 2017 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Born into a wealthy cattle-ranching family and the son of a senator, Palmera was an unusual recruit for the peasant-based FARC, and was seen as more of an ideologist than a combat leader. Colombia rebel held in US makes jailhouse pledge for peace 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z In Colombia it contributed to the destructive insurgency of the FARC, which ended only last year, and that of the ELN, an avowedly guevarist group, which declared a ceasefire last month. Time to bury Che Guevara for good 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Uribe was president of Colombia but not FARC’s leader, in fact probably one their worst enemies. Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The U.N. mission also monitored the end of more than 50 years of war between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. UN approves monitoring of ELN rebel cease-fire in Colombia 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z A resolution adopted Thursday by the council welcomes the laying down of arms by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which was monitored by the United Nations. UN adopts new mission aimed at reintegrating Colombia rebels 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Over 1,200 delegates to its founding convention voted on a new name, and “FARC” won with 628 votes. Colombia’s FARC revolutionaries become a political party 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The pope’s visit comes at a crucial time for the peace accord, approved last December, between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the acronym FARC. Pope Francis Urges Colombia to Seize ‘Second Chance’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The next paragraph notes that Uribe, "oversaw a brutal military campaign against the FARC, and led the campaign to reject the peace deal." Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The assassinations forced some of FARC’s leaders back into the jungle, where military tactics seemed to them like the only solution. Pope Francis appeals for reconciliation in war-scarred Colombia 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Last October, after four years of negotiations with the FARC, Mr. Santos scheduled an up-or-down vote for Colombians on the deal. Pope Francis Visits Colombia, Where Even Peace Is Polarizing 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z On Monday, government negotiators announced that Colombia’s last significant rebel group, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, which is much smaller than the FARC, had agreed to a three-month cease-fire starting in October. Pope Francis, headed to Colombia, will promote peace accord government signed with FARC rebels 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Yet Shifter and other analysts caution that a cease-fire, while promising, is still far from the lasting peace accord reached with the FARC. Rebel faction in Colombia reaches peace deal ahead of Pope Francis’s visit 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z For the FARC, it was a turn of fortune for what had been the country’s most feared rebel organization, one that had terrorized Colombians with kidnappings, killings and land mines that still plague the country. Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z That year was also the eve of a violent assassination campaign against leaders of FARC’s political wing. Pope Francis appeals for reconciliation in war-scarred Colombia 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z On the surface, much has gone well for the peace accords between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by their acronym, FARC. Pope Francis Visits Colombia, Where Even Peace Is Polarizing 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “Nearly all of these killings were attributed to leftist guerrillas, particularly the FARC,” a 2004 report submitted to the U.S. Pope, Catholic Church push rebels, Colombians to reconcile 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z More so than the FARC, the ELN, with 1,500 to 2,000 members, operates as a decentralized group. Rebel faction in Colombia reaches peace deal ahead of Pope Francis’s visit 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z In an interview on Friday, Colombia’s interior minister, Guillermo Rivera, said that the FARC’s decision was not what the government had wanted to see. Colombian Rebels Suspend Election Campaign, Putting Peace Into Limbo 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z In a referendum last year, half of Colombians opposed the accord with FARC, forcing a change of terms, and many now are looking to the pope for spiritual guidance. Pope Francis appeals for reconciliation in war-scarred Colombia 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Yet many Colombians feel that the party’s new name, the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, whose acronym is also FARC, shows that the former rebels remain unrepentant. Pope Francis Visits Colombia, Where Even Peace Is Polarizing 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Last year the government reached a peace deal with the much larger Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombia to sign cease-fire with last guerrilla group 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z The former fighters of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, decommissioned the last of their weapons in recent weeks, under a historic accord ending Latin America’s longest-running guerrilla war. Colombia’s FARC rebels launch a political party, trading bullets for blazers 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The FARC—whose new logo is a red... Colombia Rebels Trade Guns for Ballots 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Supporters contend that political incorporation of the group, better known as the FARC, is the best means of ensuring a lasting peace. Former Colombia rebels try hand at politics with new party 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, fought the government for more than half a century but handed over its weapons under a deal negotiated during more than four years of talks. World Digest: July 24, 2017 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Achieving this would require both an effort by the government and a change of attitude by the FARC. Colombia’s future involves fewer terrorists and more ecotourists 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The FARC, though, may be making some political inroads. Colombia’s FARC rebels launch a political party, trading bullets for blazers 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, turned in the remaining 40 percent of their firearms in Mesetas, a mountainous area south of Bogota, the capital. Colombia’s FARC rebels conclude their disarmament 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z There's also concern the more-ideological National Liberation Army could fill the void left by the FARC's retreat, although that smaller rebel movement has been negotiating a peace of its own for months. Colombia's FARC Rebels Lay Down the Last of Their Weapons 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for the peace accords with the FARC, but the deal remains highly controversial in Colombia. ‘Goodbye, Weapons!’ FARC Disarmament in Colombia Signals New Era 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z In a ceremony that once seemed unimaginable, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, finished disarming on Tuesday as part of last year’s historic peace deal. Half a century of conflict in Colombia comes to close as FARC rebels disarm 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, signed a peace accord to end the region’s longest-running conflict last year and is becoming a political party. World Digest: June 23, 2017 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z President Juan Manuel Santos is seeking Trump’s support for a peace accord Colombia signed last year with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Trump welcomes Colombia’s president to the White House 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “And if there is a cultural reference of the FARC, it is him.” Colombia’s famous guerrilla singer searches for a new tune 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The Colombian government must now tackle a host of challenges under the complicated peace agreement with the FARC, which took years to negotiate. ‘Goodbye, Weapons!’ FARC Disarmament in Colombia Signals New Era 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Lozada is vague about the specifics of his work for the FARC, but he said that his primary responsibilities were “financial and military.” Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Investigators believe that a lot of the FARC’s money is being held outside of Colombia. Colombia’s control of FARC peace deal has U.S. skeptics 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z An army statement says three other soldiers were wounded and blames the 1st Front of the FARC. Colombia: Rebel bomb attack kills soldier, wounds 3 more 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The deaths are a reminder of the more than 1,000 leftist politicians, usually sympathetic to the FARC, who were systematically killed after a peace deal was signed with rebels in the 1980s. Colombia has a peace deal, but can it be implemented? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Across the country, an estimated 7,000 rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will hand their guns to United Nations monitors this year. Unease in Colombia, as Old Enemies Become New Neighbors 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z That year, a new President was elected, on a promise to crush the FARC: Álvaro Uribe, the scion of a wealthy ranching family in Medellín. Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Former U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey said in Bogota last month that the Colombian government had miscalculated in its negotiations with the FARC. Colombia’s control of FARC peace deal has U.S. skeptics 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The government and the much larger Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, or FARC, signed a historic deal last year that ended 50 years of conflict and earned Santos a Nobel Peace Prize. The Latest: Colombia expects more progress in peace talks 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Colombia is highly divided about the deal negotiated by President Juan Manuel Santos after five years of talks with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, in Cuba. FARC peace deal in jeopardy if U.S. lawmakers block funds committed by Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The FARC, too, hopes to transform, becoming a political group representing the left, like those that emerged after the guerrilla wars of Nicaragua and El Salvador. Unease in Colombia, as Old Enemies Become New Neighbors 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z When Santos became President, he designated Jojoy as a primary target of his campaign against the FARC. Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Colombian defense officials say that fewer than 200 rifles have been surrendered so far and the FARC’s estimate of the number of weapons it plans to give up keeps changing. Colombia’s control of FARC peace deal has U.S. skeptics 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z They want Colombia’s highly touted intelligence agencies to pursue criminal suspects with the same alacrity as they did the FARC. The frightening issue that could destroy Colombia’s peace deal 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z “We are going to be attaching more and more strings to make sure that the money does not go to handing Colombia over to FARC.” FARC peace deal in jeopardy if U.S. lawmakers block funds committed by Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were not invited, except for a Spanish lawyer to represent them. Colombian Nobel Prize winner sees a "ray of hope" for Syria, Sudan 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z But many Colombians despise the FARC, and it will be difficult to persuade employers to hire ex-guerrillas—especially when jobs are already scarce. Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z “FARC continues to be one of the world’s largest drug-trafficking organizations and an organ of international terrorism,” U.S. Colombia’s control of FARC peace deal has U.S. skeptics 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The prize went to him alone and not the FARC, which is still designated as a terrorist group by many countries including the U.S. Colombia president to collect Nobel without rebels in tow 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z GPS-guided smart bombs decimated much of FARC’s leadership and infrastructure, limiting the group’s operations to remote border zones with Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil, where it still operates important drug routes and threatens strategic oil installations. FARC peace deal in jeopardy if U.S. lawmakers block funds committed by Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z There is another reason some victims oppose a peace deal: In some sense, they rely on the FARC. As Colombia forges ahead with peace deal, bitterness lives on 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z In recent weeks, Santos and his team of negotiators scrambled to save the deal, the product of nearly five years of painstaking negotiations with commanders from the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Colombia’s congress approves historic peace deal with FARC rebels 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The FARC’s protection network could also extend to rank-and-file guerrillas returning civilian life in urban areas, said Roman Ortiz, a Colombian security analyst. Colombia’s control of FARC peace deal has U.S. skeptics 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z That U.S. ally was at risk of being toppled by the narco-financed, communist guerrillas known by the acronym FARC. The Racist Smear Against Jeff Sessions 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z “The more impunity you grant FARC, the more people will be stimulated to produce drugs in the hope of future immunity,” Mr. Uribe said on a recent visit to Washington to lobby against the agreement. FARC peace deal in jeopardy if U.S. lawmakers block funds committed by Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The deal rejected by the voters was the product of four years of negotiation between the Santos government and the FARC. As Colombia forges ahead with peace deal, bitterness lives on 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The new agreement is the product of 40 days of negotiations with the opposition, led by former President Álvaro Uribe, and the FARC. Colombian President, FARC Rebels Sign New Peace Pact 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Government negotiators and representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, this week agreed to a fresh accord as President Juan Manuel Santos faces increasing pressure to salvage a peace agreement. Colombian government and rebels plan to sign new peace agreement despite opposition 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z It followed a seven-hour meeting Monday night in which government negotiators tried to persuade Uribe and other skeptics to support the accord that would put an end to a half-century of fighting with the FARC. World Digest: Nov. 22, 2016 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z After the public narrowly rejected the text of a comprehensive peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as the FARC, I acknowledged the result. A New Agreement—and a Better One—for Peace in Colombia 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Drug Enforcement Administration informants posing as members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Russian arms trafficker Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Santos, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October, said that while there is opposition to his deal, the end of a 52-year conflict is worth the trade-offs with the FARC. Colombian President, FARC Rebels Sign New Peace Pact 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The new agreement tidies up loose ends, and involves a few significant concessions from the FARC. If at first you don’t succeed... 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, inked an initial peace deal on Sept. 26 amid international fanfare after more than four years of negotiations. Colombia's government and FARC rebels sign modified peace agreement 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z We went back to the negotiating table with the FARC, and on Nov. 12 we delivered on that promise together. A New Agreement—and a Better One—for Peace in Colombia 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Drug Enforcement Administration informants posed as representatives of the Colombian rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout returns to U.S. appeals court 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The summit's host Colombia, meanwhile, is scrambling to save a hard-won peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Venezuela crisis, Colombia peace dominate Latin American summit 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The U.S. must assist the people of Colombia with political, economic and military support as they complete the endgame of defeating the FARC. Why Real Peace in Colombia Matters to the U.S.—and the Rest of the Americas 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Uribe is also pushing tough new terms as his team works with Mr. Santos on reforming the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombian Government Proposes Structural Tax Reform to Congress 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z A majority of Colombians this month voted to reject the government’s deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Marxist narcoterrorist group better known as the FARC. No Way to Negotiate With Narcoterrorists 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z A signing ceremony brought an official end to the 52-year war with the Marxist insurgency known as the FARC, the last major war in the Americas. Presidential Debate, Houston, Syria: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Horses galloped by partygoers all celebrating what everyone thought was coming in the morning, peace between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, after a half-century of conflict. Peace Is Harder Than War 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Santos said they must move quickly to present the new ideas to the FARC. Colombia's Uribe presents proposals for peace accord changes 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In a separate call, he spoke to Commander Timoleon Jimenez, leader of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, commending him for his flexibility. UN chief encourages Colombia to stay the course for peace 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Yet shortly after taking office, Mr. Santos shifted his political platform and focused his presidency on negotiating with the FARC. No Way to Negotiate With Narcoterrorists 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The FARC’s ideology-driven plan has been to slaughter, kidnap and extort civilians with a goal of turning the country into a replica of Communist Cuba. A Nobel for Santos, No Peace for Colombia 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z He spent five years trying to negotiate a peace deal with the FARC. A Strange Nobel Peace Prize 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos, above, the president of Colombia, for pursuing a deal to end the country’s 52-year-long war with the leftist rebel group known as the FARC. Hurricane Matthew, Donald Trump, Nobel Prize: Your Friday Evening Briefing 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “I’m hope this moves the hearts of the FARC, moves the hearts of those who are against the accord,” she said. Nobel Peace Prize Lands on a Divided Colombia 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z I consequently hope that the Colombian government will heed the people’s mandate to renegotiate with FARC. No Way to Negotiate With Narcoterrorists 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The leader of FARC, Rodrigo Londoño, who negotiated the peace deal along with Santos, was among many to congratulate the president after news broke of his win. The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The vote was a credit to the good sense of ordinary Colombians who want to defeat the FARC, not make an accommodation with them. A Strange Nobel Peace Prize 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The two men led a successful military offensive against FARC. What Comes Next For Juan Manuel Santos and Colombia? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z They agreed that a commission will propose revisions to the accord, which will be forwarded to the FARC. What now? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Uribe, whose father was slain by the FARC, led a movement that on Sunday mustered enough support to scuttle a peace accord signed Sept. 26 to end the 52-year conflict. Colombian Rivals Uribe and Santos Vow to Work Together for Peace With Rebels 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The government and the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, signed the deal last week in a ceremony attended by Pope Francis and other world leaders. Colombian president meets with leader of campaign that defeated peace deal 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Uribe, the son of a cattle rancher who was killed by the FARC, is the guerrillas’ longtime archenemy but urged measures Monday to preserve the cease-fire. Colombia’s president scrambles to save peace accord with FARC rebels 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z But despite his military background, soon after he was sworn-in Santos secretly sent a team of envoys, including his brother, to Havana, Cuba, to open exploratory talks with the FARC. What Comes Next For Juan Manuel Santos and Colombia? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The short extension is partly designed to put pressure on the FARC. What now? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite the strong rhetoric, the FARC, having come this far in their transition to a political movement, may not want to scuttle the progress made during four years of grueling negotiations. Colombia: Rebels Left in Limbo Following Failed Peace Deal 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z President Santos staked his reputation on a, quote-unquote, peace deal with the terrorists of the FARC. The Apology of Donald J. Trump 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z When Santos revealed that he had begun peace discussions with the FARC, Uribe accused him of betrayal, and launched a sustained campaign of opposition, rallying supporters across the country and online. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Critics complained the the peace agreement was too lenient on the FARC—especially the provisions that would allow rebels accused of war crimes to avoid prison if they confess before a special tribunal. What Comes Next For Juan Manuel Santos and Colombia? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It is rather an inducement to fighters to desert the FARC, undermining the group’s plan to keep together and to reorganise as a political party. What now? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Colombians overwhelmingly loathe the FARC, who they blame for dozens of crimes from drug-trafficking and the forced recruitment of child soldiers to kidnapping and attacks on civilians. Colombia: Rebels Left in Limbo Following Failed Peace Deal 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Colombians rebuffed the deal largely because they thought it was too lenient on the FARC, enabling most fighters to walk away scot-free. Is Leftist Era Fading in Latin America? Ask Colombia and Brazil 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z For security reasons, the FARC’s leaders were in closely guarded seclusion at a Jesuit seminary on the outskirts of the city, and unseen, but everyone else raised a glass. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Shifter, of the Inter-American Dialogue, said both sides’ pledges to maintain the cease-fire was encouraging and that he doubted that the FARC, after four years of negotiations, would “return to the jungle and resume war.” After defeat of the FARC peace deal, Colombians wonder what's next 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Many Colombians felt that the deal was too lenient on the rebels, known as the FARC. Donald Trump, Aleppo, FARC: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Colombians on Sunday narrowly voted down President Juan Manuel Santos’ peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rejecting a bid to end the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere. White House ‘surprised’ by Colombian vote to reject peace deal with rebels 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z For many Colombians, Sunday’s referendum was about far more than a cease-fire with the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Colombians vote against historic peace agreement with FARC rebels 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z It was this request for forgiveness, more than anything else, that every Colombian I know had told me was the missing ingredient in the FARC’s public pronouncements thus far. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z But the “yes” vote was hurt by abysmally low turnout and latent voter opposition to an deal many described as confusing and overly generous to the FARC. After defeat of the FARC peace deal, Colombians wonder what's next 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The “no” vote topped the “yes” vote by 0.5 percentage points in a surprise outpouring of disgust over the agreement’s many concessions to the Marxist rebel group known as the FARC. Colombia's Shock Referendum Vote Leaves Peace Deal in Tatters 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The conflict with FARC, doctrinally a revolutionary Marxist group, dates back to the 1960's and the Cold War. Colombian Peace Dealt Stunning Defeat 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Colombians overwhelmingly loathe the FARC, which the U.S. considers a terrorist group, and many considered provisions in the accord that would spare the rebels jail time an insult to victims of the long-running conflict. Colombia's Leader Vows to Push Ahead With Peace Efforts 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Most of all, he uses it to attack Santos and the FARC, often lumping them together, and to warn about the dangers of the peace deal. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Staking his presidency on ending 52 years of conflict with the FARC, Santos apparently had no back-up plan after his defeat in Sunday’s plebiscite. After defeat of the FARC peace deal, Colombians wonder what's next 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Government negotiators insist that such concessions were the only way to convince the FARC, which could have kept fighting for years, to lay down its weapons. Colombia's Shock Referendum Vote Leaves Peace Deal in Tatters 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z But most Colombians, including even some who see the accord as too soft on the FARC, seem convinced that an imperfect peace is better than more war. Colombians vote in referendum on peace deal, 'yes' win likely 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z We were in the rebel-controlled hinterlands for what was billed as the final gathering of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC. A Colombian rebel discovers soft beds and iPhones after 20 years in the jungle 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Uribe spoke as well, calling upon the government to “protect” the FARC, which, he advised, should stop committing crimes while under that protection. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Michael Shifter, president of Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, said Santos “underestimated how much the people hate the FARC.” After defeat of the FARC peace deal, Colombians wonder what's next 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z It was a stunning setback for President Juan Manuel Santos, who has dedicated his six years in office to disarming the Marxist rebel group known as the FARC. Colombia's Shock Referendum Vote Leaves Peace Deal in Tatters 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “This agreement generates a sense of resentment among the Colombian people, not forgiveness,” Mr. Uribe, whose father was killed by the FARC, said in an interview at his Bogotá office. Colombians Vote Sunday on Peace Accord With FARC Rebels 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Colombian voters will decide whether to accept a peace deal with the FARC, whose members have waged the longest-running insurgency in the Western Hemisphere. A Colombian rebel discovers soft beds and iPhones after 20 years in the jungle 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z For most Colombians, it was their first opportunity to witness the FARC’s leaders, who are widely regarded with a mixture of fear and loathing, taking part in a public event in Colombia. How Colombia’s Voters Rejected Peace 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “The challenge is to move quickly,” said Shifter. “If a new process drags out over time that could complicate matters and further sour Colombians on any deal with the FARC.” After defeat of the FARC peace deal, Colombians wonder what's next 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z FARC’s rebellion had been sustained for more than a half-century in part by an anti-Americanism engendered by U.S. sanctions against Fidel Castro. A congressional car wreck 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But Mr. Muñoz said that on Sunday he will reluctantly vote for the peace accord President Juan Manuel Santos signed with his brother’s tormenters, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Colombians Vote Sunday on Peace Accord With FARC Rebels 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z I had asked on the first day how someone like her joins the FARC. A Colombian rebel discovers soft beds and iPhones after 20 years in the jungle 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z To former President Alvaro Uribe, whose father was killed by the guerrilla organization, the deal “turns the country over to the FARC.” Colombia-FARC peace deal won’t put end to suspicions 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The secretary of state is among a number of foreign dignitaries in Colombia to attend Monday's signing of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z President Juan Manuel Santos asked Colombians who had suffered from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, insurgency to forgive those they regarded as terrorists. A congressional car wreck 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Held in the colonial city of Cartagena, the event marked the first time that Santos and Rodrigo Londoño, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, publicly appeared together on Colombian soil. Colombia’s president, rebels sign deal ending half-century-old conflict 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z She learned to read and write in the FARC, she said. A Colombian rebel discovers soft beds and iPhones after 20 years in the jungle 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Santos, who for years was the FARC's top military opponent, was equally emphatic that he would honor his promise to promote pluralism and open up Colombia's traditionally elite-driven political system. Colombia embarks on path to peace with historic accord 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The European Union is set to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, from its terror blacklist as the rebels sign a peace treaty with the government. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The FARC’s war against the government marked one of the first left-wing insurgencies in Latin America, a struggle that would inspire guerrilla movements from Cuba to Nicaragua. After Five Decades of War, Colombia Signs Peace Agreement With Rebels 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The accord calls for the FARC’s 7,000 or so fighters to move into camps — which would be monitored by the United Nations — to begin handing over their weapons. Colombia’s president, rebels sign deal ending half-century-old conflict 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The guerrillas get “an easy path to government and are going to emerge triumphant,” said 74-year-old Rafael Bernal, who suffered the loss of two brothers, a nephew and a cousin at FARC’s hands. Colombia, Rebels Sign Deal to End Half-Century Conflict 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, delivers a speech after he signed a peace agreement between Colombia's government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in Cartagena, Colombia, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Colombia embarks on path to peace with historic accord 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z "Paula" is the nom de guerre of a 32-year-old rebel who has spent the last 18 years of her life with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The forces he led, which grew from a few dozen fighters to hundreds and later thousands, became FARC. What to Know About the Origins of Colombia's FARC 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Kerry told reporters on Monday that the FARC’s presence on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations remains unchanged but could be reviewed once the peace accord is implemented. Colombia’s president, rebels sign deal ending half-century-old conflict 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “Our family and other small farmers have really suffered,” said Mr. Bernal, whose family was forced off their land in November 2000 by FARC. Colombia, Rebels Sign Deal to End Half-Century Conflict 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Londono, best known by his alias Timochenko, called Santos "a courageous partner" and proclaimed there was no turning back on the FARC's decision to abandon Colombia's jungles. Colombia embarks on path to peace with historic accord 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Santos spoke Monday to military officers in Cartagena, where he was a cadet many years ago, ahead of the signing of the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Under the agreement, an estimated 7,000 fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will lay down their weapons and rejoin civilian life, along with 17,000 noncombatant followers. Colombia peace deal officially ends Western Hemisphere's longest war 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z In another innovation, it extends the special justice system to other sectors of the society beyond the FARC, such as civilian sponsors and financiers of paramilitary forces, as well as the government's security forces. Will Colombia's Peace Deal Get the People's Vote? 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z But the president will also meet with President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, who recently signed a peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. U.N. Meeting a Farewell for Obama, and a Dress Rehearsal for Clinton 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It outlines a timetable in which the rebels, known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will abandon their arms. Colombia and FARC Reach Deal to End the Americas’ Longest War 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z It's a reference to involvement in the drug trade by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps most egregiously, it misleads the public about the prospects for peace because dissenters in FARC, its criminal partners in drug running and the other guerrilla group, ELN, will remain active. Santos Sets a Trap for Colombians 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z As the government's lead negotiator, Humberto DelaCalle, said, "it is advantageous to Colombia that the FARC, instead of attacking the civilian population, would be present in representative organizations, and would participate in politics without weapons." Will Colombia's Peace Deal Get the People's Vote? 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Watching the scene, a FARC member, Fabio, shook his head in disbelief. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z They know they will receive the whole weight of our armed forces that are now concentrated on the FARC. Colombia’s president: The remaining rebel groups ‘know what is coming’ for them 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A 26-year-old guerrilla who goes by "Franklin" says he hopes to make a future as a doctor after 12 years at war with the FARC. The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The FARC, or at least the still-unnamed party that will succeed it, will enter electoral politics at a time when the left is losing ground across Latin America. Colombia rebels come out of the jungle to jump into politics — and to party 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The FARC, as the group is known, is widely disliked in this country of 47 million—a fact not lost on those here. Colombia’s FARC Guerrillas Confer on Road to Peace 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z There’s no question that the FARC’s image is in need of a makeover. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Q. Some are also criticizing the fact that army members who committed war crimes have received the same deal as the FARC. Colombia’s president: The remaining rebel groups ‘know what is coming’ for them 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “The principal drug trafficking group, the FARC, will not spend one day in jail for crimes in drug trafficking or kidnapping,” said Fernando Araújo, a senator from the right-wing Democratic Center party. Aching for Peace, but Also Justice, Colombians Weigh Deal With FARC 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Sometimes it was harder to reach consensus among the negotiators than it was with the FARC,” said Gen. Javier Florez, who negotiated the accord’s cease-fire component. Once little know, Colombia's peacemaker gets hero's welcome 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z He grudgingly said goodbye to his family in Bogota and went to meet with the two most powerful men in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Viviana was 14 when a paramilitary group formed by wealthy farmers to defend themselves against the FARC pillaged her family’s farm and stole the animals. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Security Council approved the deployment of a U.N. political mission to monitor a cease-fire between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: Sept. 13, 2016 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Verification Team and that the government will help facilitate the FARC's transition to a political movement without arms. Aching for Peace, but Also Justice, Colombians Weigh Deal With FARC 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z So instead of peace, he prefers to speak of his achievements in more modest terms: an end to hostilities with the FARC. Once little know, Colombia's peacemaker gets hero's welcome 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The FARC’s rise as a military power had more to do with changes in the narcotics business than the popularity of its ideology. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z When several classmates decided to seek vengeance by joining the FARC, she went with them. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mr. Santos is getting ready to hand unprecedented political power to the FARC. Takedown of a Candidate, Bogotá Style 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z My option on this is that if the rebels give up their arms they will not be able to defend themselves from FARC. Aching for Peace, but Also Justice, Colombians Weigh Deal With FARC 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, the U.S. opposed the Marxist FARC, fearing that Colombia would follow the path of Cuba. Photographing the Last Days of FARC 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The FARC’s leaders had been using the negotiations as a stalling tactic, Gómez said. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Some human rights researchers estimate that as many as a quarter of the FARC’s fighters are younger than 18. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But even as the country prepares to set up another transitional justice system for the FARC, Justice and Peace keeps inching forward. The Secret History of Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the U.S. War on Drugs 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In the past 10 years paramilitary groups were shooting peasants along the roads, and claiming that they were FARC. Aching for Peace, but Also Justice, Colombians Weigh Deal With FARC 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Now the last rebel-group movement is declaring peace,” he said, alluding to Colombia’s FARC. A new crisis in the Muslim world: Is it too young? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Once outmaneuvered and intimidated by the FARC, Colombian soldiers received the training and technology to confront the guerrillas head-on. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z "In this war, there are neither victors nor vanquished," FARC Commander in Chief Rodrigo Londono, known as Timochenko, told a group of hundreds of guerrillas gathered on the first day of the conference. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Valencia said they handed him to the paramilitary forces, who accused him of helping the FARC. Colombia’s war has displaced 7 million. With peace, will they go home? 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Despite his years of pain and struggle, Mr. Moncayo said it was right to sign a peace agreement with the FARC. Aching for Peace, but Also Justice, Colombians Weigh Deal With FARC 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The deal between the leaders of the leftist guerilla group, referred to as FARC, and the government was announced Wednesday in Havana, after almost four years of talks. Colombia's FARC rebels to hold final conference, peace vote September 13-19 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z “We were no longer in a confrontation with the Colombian army,” Lucas Carvajal, a member of the FARC’s negotiating team, said in an interview. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, is re-branding. Colombia's rebels have survived war. Can they survive peace? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Pseudonyms serve a different purpose for regimented, armed organizations such as the FARC. After peace deal, Colombia’s rebels not sure what to do with their fake names 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The 1982 decision to engage in kidnappings and drug trafficking ultimately cost the FARC popular sympathy. The battles began in 1964: Here's a look at Colombia's war with the FARC rebels 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “When people hear about FARC, they only see robots shooting weapons, but it’s so much more than that,” he says. What's in the Bag of a FARC Rebel? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It was essentially a four-year negotiation over the terms of the FARC’s disarmament. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Rodrigo Londoño, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, made the announcement in Havana, where the two sides negotiated for four years before announcing the peace deal last week. World Digest: Aug. 28, 2016 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The cornerstone of the relationship, Plan Colombia, is widely credited with helping the government turn the tide against the FARC. Colombian peace deal could mark rare victory for U.S. diplomacy 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Why did the FARC finally forsake war and join peace talks in 2012? The battles began in 1964: Here's a look at Colombia's war with the FARC rebels 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The agreement is a product of nearly four years of talks hosted in Cuba by the Castro regime that was for decades a military supplier and political patron of the Marxist-Leninist FARC. Colombia’s Questionable Peace 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “The principal drug-trafficking group, the FARC, will not spend one day in jail for crimes in drug trafficking or kidnapping,” said Fernando Araújo, a senator from the right-wing Democratic Center party. Colombians weigh justice and peace in FARC deal 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z This seemed to be an allusion to his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe, a right-winger whose father died in a botched kidnapping attempt by the FARC. At Last, a Peace Deal in Colombia 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The accord widens opportunities for small political movements, such as the FARC, to participate in elections. Unlearning war 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army, more commonly known as FARC, brokered an historic peace agreement Wednesday, putting a halt to the longest-running armed conflict in the Western hemisphere. Colombia, FARC Broker Historic Peace 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia southern bloc, FARC, listen to a lecture on the peace process in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. AP EXPLAINS: The history and future of Colombia's conflict 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Despite his years of pain and struggle, Moncayo said it was right to sign a peace agreement with the FARC. Colombians weigh justice and peace in FARC deal 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Colombia recently began negotiating with the E.L.N., in Ecuador, among other places, but those talks are, by all accounts, more fraught than those with the FARC. At Last, a Peace Deal in Colombia 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, Martin Corena, acting commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s southern bloc, FARC, addresses his troops in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Colombian rebel leader wants to see comrade held in US free 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Marxist guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, drove her family from their small farm, she said, and the four youngest of her 14 children were born in Venezuela. Venezuelans are so desperate they are streaming over the border to buy food 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The FARC marks its territory clearly with sky-blue signs that sit along the waterways like commercial roadside billboards. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z El Salvador’s decision will be watched by other countries trying to settle longstanding conflicts, including Colombia, which is poised to end a 52-year war with the FARC, a left-wing guerrilla group. Reconsidering the price of peace 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “They think, like Uribe, that too much is being given away to the FARC,” he told me. At Last, a Peace Deal in Colombia 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z However strong the government’s eradication effort, the new strategy’s linchpin is the FARC. Coca's comeback forces Colombia to rethink drug war 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Santos’s desperation is not lost on the FARC, which is why it keeps raising its demands. The Unraveling of a Narco-Terror Non-Deal 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z When he was 11, his father, who is also a rebel, brought him into the FARC, he said. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Santos, who served as defense minister under Uribe and then broke bitterly with his former boss to launch talks with the FARC, has staked his legacy on the deal. Biggest obstacle to peace in Colombia may not be FARC, but an ex-president 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The deal was struck after four years of negotiations, in Havana, Cuba, between Colombia’s government and the guerrilla army known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. At Last, a Peace Deal in Colombia 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He campaigned for the presidency in 2010 as a hardliner on security, then enraged many voters by opening talks with the FARC. Unpopular is the peacemaker 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z FARC, it should be noted, grew as a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla army in the 1960s — a time when the U.S. was in the throes of Cold War paranoia. America’s Colombia problem: Widespread ignorance of the mess the U.S. has made in South America 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “FARC—50 years of struggle for justice and peace,” one reads. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z If he can coax the FARC’s more than 7,000 fighters to come down from the mountains and lay down their weapons, he will be a leading candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize. Biggest obstacle to peace in Colombia may not be FARC, but an ex-president 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC, agreed this week to a cease-fire. European Union, Copa America, Donald Trump: Your Weekend Briefing 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z But a few days after signing a ceasefire agreement with the FARC, effectively ending Colombia’s 52-year-war against the guerrilla group, he is eager to talk about his military credentials. Unpopular is the peacemaker 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z People celebrated celebrate the agreement between Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and Colombia's government, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, June 23, 2016. Young Colombians look ahead to a peace they've never known 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z They form part of the Eastern Bloc of the FARC, which for six years held hostage three American Defense Department contractors and Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z After nearly four years of formal talks with the FARC, Santos insists that the accord his government has negotiated be put to a referendum, a rare move in the history of peacemaking. Biggest obstacle to peace in Colombia may not be FARC, but an ex-president 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z For the FARC, the most difficult part of the peace process essentially boiled down to two highly sensitive issues. Colombia announces cease-fire deal to end 52-year conflict with rebels 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z FARC's aging leaders agreed to begin negotiations in 2012, after a 15-year, U.S.-backed military offensive that greatly thinned rebel ranks. Colombians cheer deal putting them on verge of peace accord 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The agreement, signed in Havana by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Marxist rebel army known as the FARC, effectively ends the longest-running war in the western hemisphere. How the World's Longest-Running Civil War Ended 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Then they huddled on the benches and took turns reading from their booklet of statutes, in which the FARC pledges to protect farmers’ rights and keep greedy multinationals away. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Such talk would have been foolish not long ago in a town such as this one at the edge of territory controlled by the FARC, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Biggest obstacle to peace in Colombia may not be FARC, but an ex-president 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, he warned that rejecting a peace would lead to “urban warfare” with FARC. Colombia and FARC rebels sign cease-fire deal in a bid to end half a century of war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The deal is not the final accord after 3 ½ years of peace talks in Havana between President Juan Manuel Santos’s government and the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. FARC Rebels to Disarm in Deal With Colombia 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z His opponents bridle at the notion of paying taxes to help the FARC. Peace, at last, in Colombia 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But for them and many of the 6,800 FARC combatants scattered across Colombia’s hinterland, a new and, in some ways, more daunting phase lies just ahead: peace. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Santos will travel to Cuba Thursday for the announcement with the FARC, according to an official close to the talks. Colombia, FARC rebels near closure on peace deal 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Among deal points still to be fleshed out are specifics of the FARC’s participation in Colombia’s political process. Colombia and FARC rebels sign cease-fire deal in a bid to end half a century of war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They accused Mr. Santos of fearmongering to obtain a peace deal with the FARC. Colombia, FARC Rebels Agree on Cease-Fire 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The FARC, whose origins date to the early 1960s, was founded as a Marxist-Leninist group that vowed to defend the country’s peasants from right-wing governments in Colombia. Colombia Rebels Reach Cease-Fire Deal With Government 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Carrying a grenade launcher, Exneider said the FARC taught him discipline and to live a regimented, Spartan lifestyle. Colombia’s Epic War Is Ending. Now Comes the Hard Part 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z "It's time to rid ourselves of hatred, lies and fears and build reconciliation among all our compatriots," Cepeda, one of the government's most-trusted conduits to the FARC, said on Twitter. Colombia, FARC rebels near closure on peace deal 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Remnants of his Popular Liberation Army are still active in the area as is the ELN and the country’s main rebel movement, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC. 2 more journalists go missing in lawless area of Colombia 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z This included a “search” for a negotiated settlement with the FARC. Santos’s Power Grab in the Name of Peace 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The government is moving closer to signing a cease-fire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, that would end a half century of combat, one of the world's longest-running conflicts. Colombia's Challenge: Welcoming the Enemy 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z In 2012, a Florida judge awarded the former hostages $318 million, to be paid from bank accounts seized from Colombian drug traffickers linked to the FARC. Former U.S. hostages move closer to restitution for Colombia ordeal 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Partly because of his success beating back the FARC, Colombians almost unanimously refer to the rebels as "terrorists." Colombia, FARC rebels near closure on peace deal 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The rebels, known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say they don’t recruit children. Once a Child Soldier, Now Seeking a Path as Colombia Contemplates Peace 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr Márquez is no doubt delighted that the government’s top peace negotiators—Humberto de la Calle, who leads talks with the FARC, and Frank Pearl, who handles the ELN—do appear in the document haul. Unfunny money 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The government has been negotiating for three years with the largest Colombian rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: March 30, 2016 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The opposition, though, said that it was inopportune for Mr. Santos to embark on negotiations with the ELN while still in discussions in Havana with the FARC. Colombia, ELN Rebels Agree to Formal Peace Talks 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The government began formal talks in Havana three years ago with the largest Colombian rebel group, the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Colombia to Begin Formal Peace Talks With Rebel Group 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z After two weeks, Mélida was taken to a government rehabilitation center for indigenous youth who had left the FARC. Once a Child Soldier, Now Seeking a Path as Colombia Contemplates Peace 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The government began formal talks in Havana three years ago with the largest Colombian rebel group, the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Colombia says it will hold formal peace talks with the country's second-largest rebel group 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z But the Obama administration says Colombians need to trust the FARC, and let all its members, including its leaders, go unpunished and go into politics in order to secure peace. Kerry Urges Colombians to Cave to the FARC 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Santos said that as in the talks with the FARC, the government wouldn’t negotiate Colombia’s capitalist economy, its political system or military doctrine. Colombia, ELN Rebels Agree to Formal Peace Talks 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Even as Obama continues struggling with refugees fleeing insecurity and instability in Central America, his administration is working toward a historic truce between Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. President Barack Obama is acknowledging that U.S. relations with Latin America's dictatorships in the 1970s damaged its image in the region, but says he hopes the release of long-classified documents about Argentina's "dirty war" will rebuild trust 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z I was invited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, to witness this sprawling jungle hide-out for about 150 fighters during what were supposed to be its last days. In a Rebel Camp in Colombia, Marx and Free Love Reign 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z He said that if the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, do not come up with an acceptable deal, they will simply set a new deadline. World Digest: March 9, 2016 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z A goodly number of Colombians feel the same way about the FARC. Kerry Urges Colombians to Cave to the FARC 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The announcement comes as President Santos’s government has been locked in talks since November 2012 with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, with discussions now centered on how that group’s fighters will disarm. Colombia, ELN Rebels Agree to Formal Peace Talks 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Santos hopes to sign a peace deal with the last remaining leftist guerrilla faction, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, by late March. U.S. aid to Colombia will shift from war to peace, Obama says 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z For many in the older generation, the graying fighters of the FARC, the future brings the possibility of a political rebirth. In a Rebel Camp in Colombia, Marx and Free Love Reign 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z He stressed the importance of focusing post-peace efforts on rural areas, some of which were controlled by the FARC, to show Colombians their voices will be heard without a need to resort to armed struggle. Will Peace Destabilize Colombia? 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, the Obama administration is invested in the five years of negotiations—in Havana—between the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC. Kerry Urges Colombians to Cave to the FARC 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Not everyone, both here and in Colombia, is happy about Santos’s plans, especially the deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish acronym as the FARC. Colombian president arrives in D.C. as a peace accord appears imminent, but some grumble at the cost 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Nearly four years ago, however, Santos and the principal remaining guerrilla faction, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, entered into serious peace talks in Havana, Cuba. Colombia's president seeks U.S. support for historic peace deal 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z In the same vein, he said he would like to see the U.S. follow his lead in Colombia and suspend arrest warrants targeting the FARC’s top leadership, many of whom are negotiating in Havana. AP Interview: Colombia’s Santos wants rebels off terror list 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Colombia is facing what President Juan Manuel Santos calls an "irreversible moment" – on the verge of a monumental achievement in signing a comprehensive peace agreement with the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Will Peace Destabilize Colombia? 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In the same vein, he said he would like to see the U.S. follow his lead in Colombia and suspend arrest warrants targeting the FARC's top leadership, many of whom are negotiating in Havana. President Juan Manuel Santos said he wants the United States to suspend drug warrants against leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and remove the rebel group from a list of terrorist organizations to help seal a peace deal 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z By a 15-0 vote, the Security Council approved the petition by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. U.N. Security Council votes to send hundreds of peace monitors to Colombia 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z It would monitor adherence to an eventual cease-fire and resolve disputes that emerge from the expected demobilization of about 7,000 fighters belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. World Digest: Jan. 19, 2016 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But after President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to Cuba in September and shook the hand of the FARC’s top commander, both sides feel confident enough to predict a final deal as early as March. Deep in Colombian jungle, peace looms at rebel hideout 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said it took Rojas captive last month while he was on an intelligence-gathering mission. World Digest: Dec. 9, 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Santos said none of the 30 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were convicted of grave crimes. World Digest: Nov. 22, 2015 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z They include the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and Abu Sayyaf, a militant Islamist group based in the Philippines. Islamic State presence in the U.S. is 'the new normal,' FBI director says 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The FARC, whose formidable guerrillas initially “taxed” farmers’ coca production and went on to dominate trafficking in the areas under their control, has vowed to leave the drug trade if the peace deal is reached. Colombia is again the world’s top coca producer. Here’s why that’s a blow to the U.S. 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z He said that activism would mostly involve work on behalf of the rural poor, a reflection of the FARC’s 1960s origins as a self-defense force formed to protect farmer-run “independent republics” from the military. Deep in Colombian jungle, peace looms at rebel hideout 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In a conference room at a Bangkok hotel, surveillance footage captures him discussing a deal to sell surface-to-air missiles to two DEA agents posing as members of the Colombian militant group known as FARC. Merchant of Death or 'Buffoon'? Home Movies of Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Complicate His Notoriety 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z If you sign a peace deal with the FARC, it still won’t mean peace for Colombia, right? Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos sees peace at hand, and threats too 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z But a Feb. 23 report on the website Verdadabierta—which is supported in part by the Soros Foundation—said that the institute estimated that there were 2,263 children and adolescents in the FARC. Do Colombian Children Matter? 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Representatives of the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, announced the plan on Saturday in Cuba, where they are holding talks on a peace treaty. World Digest: Oct. 18, 2015 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z They also tried to downplay the FARC’s deep involvement in drugs - a lucrative trade that could prove a powerful economic incentive to remain armed, especially for midlevel commanders. Deep in Colombian jungle, peace looms at rebel hideout 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Hanging proudly along the main road that the government hasn’t paved is the tricolor flag of one of the world’s oldest rebel groups — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. An end to Colombia’s war seems close — except in rebel territory 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z WP: What is the biggest remaining obstacle to a deal with FARC? Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos sees peace at hand, and threats too 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Incremental advances on such sticking points led to a Sept. 23 announcement of a breakthrough in Havana by Mr. Santos and the FARC’s top leader, Rodrigo Londoño. U.S. Envoy Bernard Aronson Pushes Peace in Colombia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Santos wants Colombians to trust the FARC, which is also designated by the U.S. Colombia’s Peace Deal Comes Apart 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z He cooperated with gangs of former far-right militiamen and with the two largest rebel groups – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, and the National Liberation Army. Colombian troops kill drug lord with 45 arrest warrants and a $5m bounty 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z On other topics, Francis expressed hopes that a tentative peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, would be realized by the March deadline. Pope Francis, on Flight Home, Strongly Condemns Child Sexual Abuse 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z These read like a list of the FARC’s demands from the start of negotiations four years ago. Colombia’s Dubious Deal With Terrorists 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z “I said, ‘I know you were hoping for Miss Universe, but you’ll have to settle for me instead,’” Mr. Aronson recalled telling a six-man delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. U.S. Envoy Bernard Aronson Pushes Peace in Colombia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z After four years of negotiations in Cuba between the Santos government and the FARC, the “breakthrough” their president boasted about in New York is still not public. Colombia’s Peace Deal Comes Apart 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The profits allowed them to keep fighting even as the Cold War ended and rebel abuses turned nearly the entire population against the FARC. Latin America's Longest Running Guerrilla Conflict May Finally Be Ending 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z All being well, by June Congress will approve a constitutional amendment that would endow the government with the powers needed to implement a deal with the FARC. A big leap towards peace in Colombia 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Leaders of the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, have insisted they would not submit to such terms. Colombian president, rebels announce major breakthrough in peace talks 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Aronson said he tried to impress upon the FARC’s commanders that the world had changed and that there could be no amnesty. U.S. Envoy Bernard Aronson Pushes Peace in Colombia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The FARC, on the other hand, understands that it has all the leverage over Mr. Santos it needs. Colombia’s Peace Deal Comes Apart 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Former President Alvaro Uribe, one of the most vocal critics of the peace process, accused Santos of “surrendering” to the FARC. Latin America's Longest Running Guerrilla Conflict May Finally Be Ending 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “The government accepts that the criminals aren’t going to jail,” said Uribe, whose military offensive last decade winnowed the FARC’s ranks and pushed its leaders to the negotiating table. Breakthrough in talks moves war-weary Colombia near to peace 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z "The government accepts that the criminals aren't going to jail," said Uribe, whose military offensive last decade winnowed the FARC's ranks and pushed its leaders to the negotiating table. War-weary Colombia nears peace following breakthrough in long-running talks 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “I want to thank the FARC,” Santos said. 'Major agreement' moves Colombia and FARC rebels closer to peace 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z This month, Colombia’s largest guerilla movement, the FARC, asked to meet with Francis when he visits Cuba this week, a few months after the pope spoke with Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos. Why everyone wants a piece of Pope Francis for themselves 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z That raid in turn followed a series of deadly attacks by the FARC, including a nighttime attack on an army platoon that killed 10 soldiers while they were asleep. Colombia suspends raids on FARC camps following rebel truce 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The city was once a battleground between leftist guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and right-wing paramilitary groups. Colombian City’s New Face and Violent Underbelly Collide 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The deaths follow an announcement this week by peace negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that the group will resume a unilateral cease-fire this month. World Digest: July 10, 2015 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Though there was no confirmation of who was responsible, speculation quickly turned to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, after its recent attacks on major oil pipelines that cross the mountainous country. Colombia capital on edge after two small explosions 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z “There is a pressure from illegal groups, especially the FARC, on farmers to grow more coca under the promise that if they do they will receive subsidies from the government,” he said. Colombian Coca Crop Increases in 2014, Raising Concern About Cocaine Trafficking 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The real damage from Cauca and its aftermath is what it reveals about the FARC. Time to call the FARC’s bluff 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Within weeks of his February appointment, Aronson was sitting with the guerrillas in Havana — the FARC’s first known contact with a U.S. official since a then- secret 1998 meeting to discuss kidnapped American missionaries. In Cuba, U.S. envoy works to end the world’s longest ongoing guerilla war 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Although Ecopetrol - 88 percent owned by the government - did not name the rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist group known as the FARC, operate in the area. Bombing of Colombian pipeline causes 'environmental tragedy,' Ecopetrol says 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z It was also part of a zone that was ceded to the FARC, which uses drug trafficking to finance its activities, during an earlier round of peace negotiations from 1999 to 2002. Effort to Switch Colombian Farmers From Coca Falls Short of Hopes 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z For the FARC, the alternative to peace is further pounding by the armed forces; it no longer hopes for victory. Bullet proof 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said it lifted the cease-fire because of the attack, one of the deadliest confrontations since the two sides began negotiations in Cuba at the end of 2012. World Digest: May 22, 2015 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Cuba and Norway, whose Havana ambassador has lent his poolside patio for U.S.-FARC meetings, are the official “facilitators” of the talks. In Cuba, U.S. envoy works to end the world’s longest ongoing guerilla war 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The same Cubans honor the FARC, a Colombian terrorist military organization as the “Colombian People’s Army.” The United States, Cuba And Terrorism 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z But the pickup had just resumed after a week’s interruption, caused when the dairy company refused to continue making protection payments to the FARC. Effort to Switch Colombian Farmers From Coca Falls Short of Hopes 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z “Santos’ decision is both scientifically and environmentally appropriate and may well aid progress in the peace talks with the FARC,” Bagley said. U.S accepts Colombia's decision to suspend use of weed killer 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The government is holding peace talks with the FARC, a leftist army, to end their half-century war. Trouble at the top 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z |
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