Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 24, 2011 | News
The Uribe administration in 2008 carefully planned the leaking of information from computers of killed FARC commander Raul Reyes to link Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to the rebel group,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 24, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court called the former governor of the Cauca department to trial to respond to allegations he made pacts with paramilitary death squads. Juan Jose Chaux Mosquera will have to stand trial for his alleged...
Read MorePosted 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...
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