On February 7, two months after signing a peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas, the Colombian government begins formal negotiations with the country’s second-largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, or ELN.
“Hemos pasado 52 años en hamacas”, narró el comandante de los combatientes, quien todavía usa su nombre de guerra, Aldemar Altamiranda. “Ya era hora de irnos a vivir a casitas”.
A corruption scandal in Latin America wound its way through the political establishments of two countries on Tuesday as Peru’s attorney general issued an arrest warrant for a former president and Colombian prosecutors said their president’s campaign might have received questionable donations.
El escándalo de pago de sobornos de la empresa constructora brasileña Odebrecht salpica ahora al gobierno de Colombia.
El gobierno de Colombia arrancó el diálogo con el otro brazo guerrillero del país.