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Juan Manuel Santos Looking At Re-Election in 2014
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos gave advance notice Friday that he will seek a second term in the 2014 elections, though he added that, in compliance with the law, he will not make the formal announcement until six months prior to the vote. continue reading »
Bill Clinton Meets With Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian President
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Visiting U.S. former President Bill Clinton met in Cartagena with Colombian head of state Juan Manuel Santos and literary icon Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and on Thursday joined Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro for a ride around that Caribbean city in an electric taxi. continue reading »
IACHR Condemns Murder of Colombian Activist
April 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) laments the murder of Ever Cordero, who chaired a participatory dialogue process for victims of displacement in the department (province) of Córdoba, Colombia. continue reading »
Colombia Restores Land Seized by Militia to Peasants
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to the northern province of Cordoba on Wednesday to preside over the restoration of lands stolen from 60 peasant families by the founders of Colombia's murderous AUC militia movement. continue reading »
COLOMBIA: Marchers Call for Peace Between Gov’t, FARC
April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thousands of Colombians filled the streets of this capital and other cities Tuesday to support the peace process being negotiated by the government and FARC rebels, in the most pluralistic rally that a continue reading »
Colombian President Still to Decide If He’ll Run for 2nd Term
January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that he will wait until mid-2013 to make the decision on whether to seek a second four-year term in 2014 an continue reading »
Is the Colombian Peace Period Over Already?
December 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels attacked the police station of a poor northwestern Colombian town, an assault that comes less than a month after the guerrilla group's leadership declared a unilateral two-month truce. continue reading »
Bill Clinton Joins World Leaders In Declaring Drug War Failure
December 12, 2012 | by ThinkProgress | HS News Network
Former President Bill Clinton and a number of other world leaders are declaring the “War on Drugs” a failure in a new documentary about the remarkable violence, illegal activity and mass incarceration caused by worldwide drug prohibition. continue reading »
Colombia, Nicaragua Take First Steps Towards Resolving Maritime Dispute
December 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he has agreed with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel Ortega, "to establish lines of communication" to resolve through diplomatic channels the maritime dispute between the two countries. continue reading »
Colombia, Nicaragua to Discuss Maritime Border Dispute
December 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said here Friday he hopes to speak in the most respectful, civilized way with Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega about a world court ruling that awarded Managua waters long claimed by Bogota. continue reading »
First Round of Peace Talks Between Colombia and Rebels End
November 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The first round of talks here between the Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels has ended with progress on mechanisms for incorporating civil society into the process, which is aimed at bringing an end to a decades-long armed conflict. continue reading »
Colombia Must Finish Peace Talks with FARC Before Extending to Other Guerrilla Group
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told Efe that for now his country's No. 2 guerrilla group, the ELN, will not be joining the peace process Bogota has opened with the larger FARC. continue reading »
Colombian President Santos Discharged From Hospital After Cancer Surgery
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was discharged Saturday from the Bogota hospital where he underwent prostate cancer surgery earlier this week. continue reading »
Norway Confirms Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC WIll Begin Oct. 17
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group will officially begin on Oct. 17 in Oslo, a spokeswoman for the Norwegian foreign ministry said Thursday. continue reading »
Ceasefire Will Not Hinder Peace Talks, Says Colombian Rebels
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group told a Bogota daily that upcoming peace talks with the government will not break down if its request for an immediate truce is not granted. continue reading »
FARC Seek An Immediate Bilateral Ceasefire in Colombian Peace Talks
September 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Representatives of Colombia's FARC rebel group said here Thursday they will immediately propose a bilateral ceasefire once peace talks get underway with the government. continue reading »
Colombia, FARC Rebels to Begin Peace Talks Next Month in Norway
September 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Representatives of the Colombian government and the Andean nation's largest guerrilla group, the FARC, will sit down next month in Oslo for talks aimed at ending their decades-long conflict. continue reading »
COLOMBIA: President Santos Says Rebels Want Him Killed Using “Whatever Means”
August 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos disclosed a purported internal FARC rebel group message in which a high-ranking guerrilla commander orders his comrades to kill the head of state "by whatever means." continue reading »
Colombian V.P. Angelino Garzon Well On His Way to Recovery
July 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon is making positive progress in his recovery following his release from hospital after suffering a stroke that kept him hospitalized for 22 days, a medical report said. continue reading »
No Need to Replace Ailing Colombian V.P., Says President Santos
July 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday hailed the lucidity of Vice President Angelino Garzon, who is recovering from a stroke, and rejected calls for his No. 2 to resign. continue reading »
