Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks during the appointment ceremony of the new Commander in Chief of the Colombian Military Forces, Admiral Francisco Cubides, at the Jose Maria Cordova Military Cadet School in Bogota, Colombia July 9, 2024. In another step forward to realizing Colombian President Gustavo Petro's plan for "total peace," Segunda Marquetalia, one of the country's main rebel groups, …
BOGOTA, - Colombian armed group Segunda Marquetalia agrees unilateral ceasefire Colombian armed group the Segunda Marquetalia on Sunday agreed to a unilateral ceasefire, after several days of peace talks in Caracas, which are part of President Gustavo Petro's efforts to end 60 years of unrest in his country. The Segunda Marquetalia is a dissident faction of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed …