Authorities uncover ‘FARC’ plot for Santos inauguration
Colombian authorities uncovered an alleged FARC plot to launch a terrorist attack in Bogota on August 7, the day of the inauguration of President-Elect Juan Manuel Santos. Marilu Mendez, the…
Colombian authorities uncovered an alleged FARC plot to launch a terrorist attack in Bogota on August 7, the day of the inauguration of President-Elect Juan Manuel Santos. Marilu Mendez, the…
The FARC set fire to a car in the Huila department’s Algeciras municipality, where they have shut down all transportation services, in spite of a 24 hour treaty permitting transport workers,…
After a meeting at the Casa de Nariño Tuesday, the Colombian government decided against declaring a “state of exception” over the emergence of illegal armed groups in the Andean nation,…
Intelligence and security cooperation between Colombia and Venezuela stopped four years ago and as a result Colombia runs military operations at the neighboring nations’ common border solo, Colombia’s Commander of…
Colombia modified its extradition law so that demobilized paramilitaries participating in the Justice and Peace program can not be immediately extradited until they have adequately complied with the national reparation process,…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the pending free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, according to a Tweet by U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J.…
Bogota’s health authority is on alert for the possible spread of the H5N1 virus, a flu even more virulent than the AH1N1 virus, which cost the lives of over 200…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is in Canada to attend the G8 summit, and said he hoped to briefly meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the two countries’ pending…
The Colombian army Thursday captured and arrested ELN leader Juan Fernando Granda, alias “El Mello” in a transport terminal in the central Colombian city of Medellin, following a tip-off from…