LatinaLista — Colombia has the dubious distinction of hosting the hemisphere’s longest running conflict. The Colombian government has been at war with Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels for more than 50 years. Since 2012, the two sides have…
By Gabrielle Mentjox Colombia Reports Colombia’s Defense Minister said Thursday the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, are the biggest violators of women’s human rights in the country, having kidnapped 261 women and committed 394 homicides between 2003 and…
By Taran Volckhausen Colombia Reports The Bogota-based Lemur Studio has released a product design for a wearable detector aimed at helping Colombia’s rural populations avoid landmines left hidden from over a half-century of armed conflict, Project Director Lorena Cardenas…
LatinaLista — For the last 50 years, Colombia has yet to truly experience a time of total peace. Though the country’s government is currently in peace talks with FARC, the country’s largest and oldest rebel group, and plans on…
By Cassandra Atlas MADRE The stage is set for a new round of peace talks to begin in the seemingly intractable internal armed conflict that has gripped Colombia for nearly fifty years. In the fifth attempt since the 1980s,…
By Rocio Arango Giraldo COLOMBIA: Their low steps advanced between the crowds. The yell of ¡Freedom and No More FARC! rung from their throats. The children don’t understand about the causes of Colombia’s conflict but do understand how the…
LatinaLista — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez does say the darndest things. Maybe it was because he felt invincible after helping arrange the release of two prominent female hostages by the Colombian terror group FARC earlier this month, but whatever…
LatinaLista In the first of weekly analysis of what is happening on our side of the world, in an effort to keep readers informed, Latina Lista, along with special contributors from North, Central and South America, will strive to…
