Colombia: the challenges of lasting peace
UK Aid Agency Christian Aid hails the positive outcome of the peace process, but notes the challenges ahead.
Colombia: Will the people say Yes to peace?
With the entire final agreement finally signed in Havana, the peace accords must now be submitted to a national referendum on October 2. The outcome remains uncertain.
Colombia: End of Conflict Agreement Signed
The last two pending points in the 4-year negotiations are agreed and the complete final agreement is ready to be signed.
Colombia: Shakespeare and the Peace Process
As the country awaits the signing of a definitive ceasefire, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet offers instructive parallels.
Uruguay: the Tupamaros at 50
An interview with Mauricio Rosencof, one of the founding members of the Uruguayan guerrilla group the Tupamaros, which first came to international attention in 1966.
Colombia: peace must overcome the legacy of fear
A sober assessment of the tasks facing the peace-makers. All parties must compromise and reconciliation cannot be rushed.
Colombia: FARC’s words to the intellectuals
An appeal by the main guerrilla group for intellectuals and artists to join in building the new Colombia
Colombia: commemorating the Mulatos massacre
For the national peace process to succeed, local communities need to make sense of their past and keep alive historical memory.
Colombia: the biggest conversation in the world
Real efforts are being made to promote not just dialogue, but real conversation among all actors in Colombia's peace process, at local as much as at national level
Colombia: War and Peace
The Colombian government has recently launched aerial bombardments against new armed groups in northern Colombia, claiming they are 'narcos'. The groups, however, claim to be politically motivated.