The armed group ELN launched an offensive last month in northern Colombia, creating the worst security crisis the country has seen in years. The post With ELN Offensive, Colombia's Security Crisis Has ...

COLOMBIA’S government announced on Wednesday that cancelled peace talks with the ELN, the second-largest rebel group, would go ahead on January 10. Formal negotiations had been originally due to start ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...

Colombia’s newly appointed defense minister says he will focus on taking back territory lost to rebel groups that have forced ...

Founded in the 1960s, the ELN has an estimated 6,000 fighters in Colombia and Venezuela, and has been growing since the FARC demobilized. In January, President Gustavo Petro cancelled peace talks ...

A meeting between the leadership of the Colombian Catholic Church and President Gustavo Petro addressed crucial issues such ...

Colombia, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Credit: AP/Fernando Vergara The attacks prompted President Gustavo Petro to cancel peace talks with the rebel group that had begun in late 2022. Petro ...

An estimated 80 people were killed in the attacks, which prompted Colombia's government to suspend peace talks with the ELN and declare a 90-day emergency that allows it to limit some civil ...

BOGOTA ,Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s newly appointed ... The attacks prompted President Gustavo Petro to cancel peace talks with the rebel group that had begun in late 2022.