Juan Manuel Santos
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Colombia’s ELN rebels call car bomb legitimate act of war
- World
- January 21, 2019, 13:17
Colombia’s ELN rebel group on Monday claimed responsibility for last week’s car bomb attack against a police academy that killed 21 as a legitimate ac(...)

Colombia’s new president Iván Duque sworn in
- World
- August 8, 2018, 09:41
Colombia’s youngest elected president has been sworn in to office, promising to “make corrections” to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divide(...)

Venezuela president survives ‘drone assassination attempt’
- World
- August 5, 2018
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has escaped a reported assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives while he was giving a speech on (...)

Farc members take seats in Colombia’s Congress for first time
- World
- July 23, 2018, 10:55
Half a century after their Marxist comrades took up arms in the Colombian mountains and vowed to overthrow the state, members of the country’s once-fe(...)

Colombia’s presidential poll to shape future of peace process
- World
- June 15, 2018, 15:59
After a bitter campaign marred by a flood of disinformation spread via social media, Colombia will elect a new president on Sunday with the outcome se(...)

Colombia heads for divisive runoff with peace deal at stake
- World
- May 28, 2018, 08:27
Colombia headed for its most divisive presidential race in decades after right-winger Ivan Duque won Sunday’s first-round vote, triggering a runoff wi(...)

Polarised Colombia prepares for polls amid lukewarm links with US
- World
- May 25, 2018, 17:25
The flower displays are wilting at the Casa de Nariño palace in Bogotá where, after two terms as president, Juan Manuel Santos is in a reflective mood(...)

Colombia truth commission starts work to give war victims answers
- World
- May 8, 2018, 20:32
The commission meant to expose the truth behind killings, kidnappings, sexual violence and other crimes committed during Colombia’s five decades of wa(...)

Turbulent countries can learn from Ireland’s peace, President Higgins tells UN
- US
- April 24, 2018, 17:44
The world’s turbulent countries can learn something from Ireland’s successful peace process, President Michael D Higgins told a United Nations meetin(...)

Farc commander’s nephew strikes plea-bargain deal with DEA
- World
- April 19, 2018, 16:22
The decision by the nephew of a former senior Colombian guerrilla leader to co-operate with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has sparked the lates(...)