It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed “total peace.” But ...

CONDOTO, Colombia (Reuters) - More than a hundred residents of Colombia's northwestern municipality of Condoto gathered over the weekend to plead with government officials for help amid fighting ...

María Victoria felt an inclination towards leadership from an early age. "At some point I was asked the question: are human rights defenders born or made? And my answer was: they are born." She grew ...

As soon as Yasselly Martínez Ortiz accepted her position as a civil servant in the remote Chocó area of Colombia, a life insurance policy was taken out in her name. Yasselly works as a so-called ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Businesses shut down and public transport was at a standstill Tuesday in Colombia’s Choco department, as rebels from the National Liberation Army, or ELN, launched a three-day ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tania Lizarazo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) It’s been ...