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. 

As a member of the military it is one’s sworn duty to protect and serve his/her fellow countrymen.  So what happens when multiple members of the armed forces are convicted of murder? 

The ongoing peace discussions between the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) are closer to forming an agreement on the terms of demobilization.

The Bolivian Interior Minister has announced that the government will declassify dictatorship-era files with the aim of bringing to lights acts committed during Plan Condor.