Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 24, 2011 | News
Colombia has used U.S. drones since 2006 for surveillance of leftist guerrillas and drug traffickers, revealed a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The secret 2006 cable by William Wood, then U.S. ambassador in Bogota,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 24, 2011 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday reiterated his country’s support for military intervention in Libya, where western armed forces are intervening in a violent conflict between rebels and forces loyal to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 22, 2011 | Economy
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A., the Brazilian oil and gas company conducting the largest private exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced it signed concession agreements with the Colombian government for five oil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 22, 2011 | zSports
Spaniard Rafael Nafal, the number one tennis player in the world, beat the world’s number two, the Serbian Novak Djokovic Monday at an exhibition match in Bogota. Nadal needed two sets (7-6, 6-3) to revenge his defeat...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 21, 2011 | News
The Colombian army had some 100 men covertly operating in Venezuela to look for one of the FARC’s most prominent leaders, “Ivan Marquez,” weekly Semana revealed Sunday based on a 2005 diplomatic cable. In the...
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