Juan Manuel Santos

Colombia president suspends ceasefire talks

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he had suspended peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels in response to what he said were guerrilla attacks earlier Wednesday. "I have talked with the head of the government delegation in Quito to tell him to return immediately to assess the future of the process," Santos said in a televised address. PeaceRead more

Pope Francis lands in Colombia to support peace

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Pope Francis landed in Colombia on Wednesday to support the country's peace process as it works to emerge from half a century of civil conflict. The 80-year-old Argentine pontiff, who is making a five-day visit, descended the steps of his plane at a military airport in Bogota and shook hands with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. source: AFPRead more

Pope Francis lands in Colombia to support peace

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Main Colombia narco gang ready to surrender

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Colombia's most powerful drug trafficking gang is ready to turn itself in to authorities, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. Santos said his government met with the head of the Gulf Clan on Sunday, who had made clear he was ready "to submit to justice with all of his men." source: AFPRead more

Ceasefire with Colombia's ELN to begin October 1

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday confirmed a ceasefire with the ELN, the country's last rebel group, and said it would begin October 1. "It will come into effect on October 1, initially for 102 days, that is to say until January 12 of next year," Santos said in a televised address. The deal will be renewed as longRead more

Colombia declares FARC war over as last guns roll away

Bogota - Muslimchronicle

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos declared the country's 50-year conflict with FARC guerrillas "truly over" Tuesday, as the last truckloads of decommissioned weapons rolled away to be melted down. Santos himself shut a padlock on the last lot of decommissioned rifles before it was taken out of a remote demobilization camp to formally seal the UN-supervised disarmament by theRead more

At least 16 killed in Colombia floods: Government

Manizales - Arab today

Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least 16 people, government disaster relief authorities said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from recent mudslides that killed hundreds. At least seven people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, government officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it did earlierRead more

Nearly a dozen people killed in Colombia landslide, 20 missing

Bogota - Arab today

At least 11 people were killed and 20 are missing after a landslide hit several neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesday, the second deadly landslide in the country this month. Recent heavy rains have endangered residents in dozens of provincial towns, where makeshift construction on the slopes of the Andes makes neighbourhoods particularly susceptible to landslides andRead more

Colombia landslide kills 112, scores injured

Bogota - Arab today

A landslide in Colombia's southwestern border province of Putumayo sent mud and debris crashing onto houses overnight, killing 112 people and injuring at least 120, officials said on Saturday. Heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment onto buildings and roads in the provincial capital of Mocoa. "It has just been reported to me that we have 112 peopleRead more