Topic: Juan Manuel Santos

Colombia's main leftist group suggested on Monday it is willing to reopen talks with the government.. . The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...

Colombian rebels free six hostages

Bogota - A Colombian FARC rebel commander named six military and police captives that the group would free in the coming weeks and proposed a...
Colombia's government announced Tuesday it would pay $30.5 billion in an unprecedented effort to compensate victims of civil conflict stretching...

Colombia president: Rebel leader rich in land

President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that the late leader and co-founder of the country's main leftist rebel group owned 57 ranches in two...
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Criminals with attitude

Tweet . . . THE streets of Santa Marta, a city of 450,000, were nearly deserted and shops and offices were closed. But it was not a holiday that...

Venezuela arrests Colombian drug kingpin

A Colombian drug kingpin with a $5 million US price tag on his head has been arrested in Venezuela and is to be extradited to the United States to face trafficking charges, officials said.The arrest of Maximiliano Bonilla-Orozco at his home ...

FARC rebels execute 4 military hostages: Colombia

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian FARC rebels executed four members of the security forces during a botched mission to free them from a decade as hostages, the most violent act by the group since troops killed its leader Alfonso Cano this month.The Revolutionary ...

Give up or die, Santos tells Colombia rebel boss

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warned the new FARC rebel chief to reconsider waging war or risk the same fate as his predecessor, who was shot dead by special forces this month.The naming of hard-liner Timoleon Jimenez as leader ...

Colombia votes in test for peace under Santos

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia held local elections on Sunday that tested how much the South American nation has overcome its violent past and measured the political grip of popular conservative President Juan Manuel Santos.About 100,000 candidates were contesting 13,000 posts ...