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Colombia's illegal armed groups have taken advantage of the government's pursuit of peace to strengthen themselves militarily and economically, the commander of the country's armed forces said on ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's armed forces have restarted operations against leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Monday. The decision to ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's government has called off peace talks with leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Wednesday, following an attack which ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia on Wednesday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for an attack that killed two soldiers and injured more than 20. “Today the dialogue process is suspended," said the government’s peace delegation in a statement.
During La Violencia, the CIA dispatched a special survey team to research and document the issue of violence in Colombia. [1] [2] As a result of the survey, the Kennedy Administration established a dual policy of Military and Socioeconomic assistance as part of the broader Alliance for Progress program in Latin America.
The National Police of Colombia, although technically not part of the military, is controlled and administered by the Ministry of National Defence, and national conscription also includes service in the National Police, thus making it a de facto gendarmerie and a branch of the military. The President of Colombia is the military's commander in ...
Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, restarted peace talks with the ELN at the end of 2022 as part of his efforts to deliver total peace and end the country's six-decade conflict which has ...
The Colombian Air Force (FAC, Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Colombiana) is the air force of the Republic of Colombia.The Colombian Air Force is one of the three institutions of the Military Forces of Colombia charged, according to the 1991 Constitution, with working to exercise and maintain control of Colombia's air and to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order.