Chavez backs out of Mercosur summit
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Monday evening that he will not attend Tuesday’s Mercosur summit in Argentina, despite the fact that the Colombia-Venezuela crisis has been bumped to the top…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Monday evening that he will not attend Tuesday’s Mercosur summit in Argentina, despite the fact that the Colombia-Venezuela crisis has been bumped to the top…
Colombian policed announced Monday the seizure of 424 properties belonging to drug traffickers, worth more than $86 million, in an operation spanning four of the country’s departments. Colonel Jaime Vega,…
The anti-corruption unit of the Colombian Prosecutor General’s office will open a formal investigation into allegations that Tomas Uribe, son of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe bribed congressmen to ensure his…
Colombian army commander General Oscar Gonzalez announced the creation of a new aviation division of the army, due to the growing need for airplanes in military operations. Gonzalez, who will…
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo announced that he will not attend the inauguration of Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, but will send his vice president to represent him at the ceremony.…
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced in a press release that outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will be vice chairman of an international inquiry into the May Israeli attack…
Colombia’s Supreme Court President Jaime Arrubla said Monday that his judicial body has not seen conclusive evidence that Senator Piedad Cordoba is guilty of “FARC-politics.” According to Arrubla, the inspector general’s investigation…
Venezuela’s Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega said Sunday that Colombia’s evidence of guerrilla presence in Venezuela, presented to the Organization of American States (OAS), lacks legal validity. “You can’t go to…
The Colombian army evacuated 30 U.S., British, Polish and Mexican tourists trapped by a landslide in the northern part of the Sierra Nevada, near the Caribbean beach town Santa Marta, close…