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Peace talks resumed this week in Havana between the Colombian government and the nation’s remaining guerrilla faction, the National Liberation Army (ELN).

A bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal claims U.S. and Colombian authorities are investigating Iván Márquez.

The national Victims Unit is subsidizing 2.17% of the loan interest rate through an investment of around $150,000 USD (400 million pesos).

The judges on the JEP war crimes tribunal will oversee the "transitional justice" component of the peace process.

The Amgen Foundation scholarships will allow Colombian science and engineering students to research at the University of Kyoto and the University of Tokyo.

Vicky Colbert was awarded the first Yidan Prize for Educational Development by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

“Without quality, basic education it would be very difficult for a country to reach other goals,” says Vicky Colbert, the pioneer of Escuela Nueva.

If you add up all of of the guerrilla group's criminal activities, the FARC could have earned some $580 million USD in 2015.

The London-based organization credited Santos for leading "one of the biggest successes in brokering peace in modern history.”

While the ceasefire is temporary, through January 9, President Santos hopes it can be renewed and become "the first step to achieve peace" with the ELN.