A temporary ceasefire between the government and the dissident faction of the now-demobilized FARC, which is made up of approximately 3,500 people and is known as the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), will be discussed. Leftist President Gustavo Petro has vowed to end Colombia's 60-year conflict - which has killed at least 450,000 people - by inking peace or surrender deals with remaining rebels and crime gangs and fully implementing the peace accord with the FARC.
(Reuters) — Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia s internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela,
An armed dissident group of Colombia's disbanded FARC guerrillas said Sunday it was ready to start peace talks with the government next month in an apparent boost for leftist President Gustavo Petro's quest for "total peace." The EMC dissident grouping, which rejected a 2016 peace deal that disarmed the FARC, announced at a leaders' meeting in the country's rural south that "our delegates to the dialogue table with the Colombian government. are ready for May 16."