On April 6, the Comuneros del Sur—dissidents of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) in ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia remains open to dialogue ... The government of President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the ELN in January, after the rebels launched a series of attacks ...

That angered the ELN’s leadership and stymied its negotiations with Colombia’s government. Petro, who was part of a rebel group in his youth, has been staging peace talks with nine separate ...

Between 2021 and 2024, the number of reported recruits rose roughly 1,000 percent, from 36 children to more than 450. This ...

SEE ALSO: Colombia’s Peace Efforts Spark Criminal Disputes and Divisions The Comuneros del Sur declared their break from the ELN in May 2024, when peace talks between the ELN and the government were ...