The global organization’s Security Council reaffirmed its “full commitment” to the peace process in Colombia for an additional year through September 15, 2019.
Long-standing allegations have surrounded the company for decades. In a U.S. court settlement in 2007, Chiquita paid a $25 million USD fine and admitted it had paid protection money to paramilitary groups.
EDITORIAL: In 2017 Colombia’s government signed a formal but controversial peace agreement with the country’s FARC rebel group. In the agreement, the government committed to extensive reintegration efforts, protection for community leaders, and for residents of rural areas that...
"It is TalentoTotal's mission to shed light on the immense untapped talent pool that exists within these communities," says TalentoTotal founder Gem McCreary.
The European Union has been one of the main financial supporters of Colombia’s peace process in recent years, and this week it pledged an additional $17.5 million USD (€15 million) to the effort. These funds, according to an E.U. statement, are intended to “scale up concrete...
Peace talks resumed this week in Havana between the Colombian government and the nation’s remaining guerrilla faction, the National Liberation Army (ELN).