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Colombia asked the U.S. for a “continued intelligence exchange on Venezuela” in 2008, diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks revealed Friday. In a leaked cable, sent by then-Ambassador to Bogota William...
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Victims of illegal wiretapping by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS want leaked diplomatic cables to be used as evidence in cases against intelligence and government officials. According to former Supreme Court Judge...
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U.S. President Barack Obama told Colombia’s Ambassador Gabriel Silva the U.S. government continues to be committed to Plan Colombia and that the bilateral counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency initiative has shown...
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Assassins on Thursday murdered four adolescents in the north-east of Medellin, Caracol Radio reports. According to the radio station’s website, suspected members of a gang from the Castilla neighborhood first murdered one...
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Coca production in Colombia went down 3.7% in 2009, according to a report by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy released to several media on Thursday. Colombia’s capacity to grow coca fell to 270 metric tons....
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