Victims receive justice decades after the civil war.

The effective reintegration of former FARC combatants will be achieved only if they have the opportunity to be part of the production chain in the private sector. Although many companies have already committed to contribute to this process, there is still much to be done. 

The National University of Colombia asked to be the headquarters of the signing of the final peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas—an agreement expected to soon end more than half a century of armed conflict in Colombia. “If education will write the future of Colombia, then the National University should be the place where the final peace deal is signed,” commented Ignacio Mantilla, Director of

Following the landmark agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC to end the conflict, the peace process faces three immediate challenges: one political, one involving security, and the last the intentionally pending points of negotiation.

On June 22, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala enacted a law to accelerate the search for over 15 thousand people who disappeared during the internal conflict in Peru between the extremist group Sendero Luminoso and the Peruvian Security forces between 1980 and 2000.

Around 250 families living in the Sinaloan municipality of Badiraguato fled their homes after attacks by some 150 heavily armed men who took the lives of no fewer than three victims, according to local authorities.

After six decades of violence, the government of Colombia and the FARC guerillas have reached a historic ceasefire agreement. At a ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the final steps before a full peace deal is signed. 

Two trains of thought divide public opinion in Colombia. 

The road to redistributing rural lands in Colombia may be more difficult than it appears on the surface. The problem in Colombia is not the land. The problem is developing the instruments to make the land more productive and profitable.

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, forcefully condemned the political sector rallying against the plebiscite for peace. “I laugh at those who collect signatures against peace,” Santos scoffed.