Anibal Gaviria
Anibal Gaviria is a Colombian journalist and politician, and one of the heirs of a powerful, but controversial dynasty from the war-torn Antioquia province. Gaviria’s political beginnings Tweets by anibalgaviria…
Anibal Gaviria is a Colombian journalist and politician, and one of the heirs of a powerful, but controversial dynasty from the war-torn Antioquia province. Gaviria’s political beginnings Tweets by anibalgaviria…
Vicente Castaño, a.k.a. “El Profe,” is the presumably dead founder of now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC, who ordered the foundation of AUC dissident groups AGC and the “Aguilas Negras.” Castaño was born…
Luis Enrique Call was one of the leaders of drug gang “Los Rastrojos” and Colombia’s most wanted drug lord, before he surrendered to US authorities in October 2012. The captured…
Hernan Dario Velasquez, a.k.a. “El Paisa,” is one of the most feared former guerrilla commanders of the FARC who has been accused of hundreds of crimes and atrocities. Until he joined peace…
Congresswoman Clara Rojas is a lawyer and former personal assistant of Ingrid Betancourt, known primarily for being kidnapped and held by the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, for six years.…
Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera, a.k.a. “Simon Trinidad,” was one the FARC’s highest ranking members and the unofficial foreign minister of the guerrilla group. Trinidad was captured in Ecuador’s capital Quito in January 2004…
Frank Pearl is a Colombian politician who served as chief negotiator in peace talks with Marxist ELN rebels under former President Juan Manuel Santos. The senior government official has held several…
When Nairo Quintana got his first bicycle at 15, he did not think of becoming a professional cyclist and finishing second in the prestigious Tour de France. The peasant’s son…
Colombian cyclist Rigoberto Uran was born January 26, 1987 in the town of Urrao in Colombia’s central state of Antioquia. He discovered his talent for cycling at the age of 14…