The United Nations will begin to monitor the Colombian Defense Ministry’s human rights policy in accordance with a request from the Colombian government, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Defense Ministry Gabriel…
Colombia asked the U.S. to extend their current trade agreement, which expires in 20 days, because the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations remains frozen. Colombian Minister…
Opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba said Thursday that President Alvaro Uribe is using investigations into the Continental Bolivarian Movement (CBM) as a “smoke screen” to distract from Colombia’s internal problems, El Espectador reports.…
Ecuador’s Manta military base was “fundamental” in the planning of the raid on a FARC camp that led to the death of guerrilla leader ‘Raul Reyes’ an Ecuadorean commission announced…
Opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba supported extradited former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancurso’s request to be repatriated Thursday because she believes the Justice and Peace process is “a failure”. Cordoba said that…
A Colombian from the Bolivar department cut off his own testicles with a razor blade and sewed up the wound with thread in order to remain faithful to his wife.…
Extradited paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso sent a letter to Colombian Congress asking to be repatriated. Mancuso claimed the Justice and Peace process is failing because the truth is being lost.…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Wednesday asked the Prosecutor General to investigate members of new leftist group the Continental Bolivarian Movement (CBM) because they support the FARC, El Espectador reported Thursday.…
Former DMG executive Marco Antonio Bastidas Beltran was sentenced to 13 years and six months in jail for money laundering and giving and receiving bribes, RCN Radio reported Wednesday. A…