Venezuelan authorities have apparently detained seven undocumented Colombians who were in the neighboring country for work purposes, reports La Opinion on Thursday. Family members of the seven Colombians report that…
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Colombians largest and oldest insurgent group, are urging Colombians to abstain from voting in the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday. In a…
A report released on Thursday by a United Nations investigator on extrajudicial killings finds that the perpetrators of the extrajudicial killings in Colombia known as “false positives” enjoy near total…
Thirteen hundred U.S. activists signed a letter to the president of Chiquita Brands, demanding that the fruit company donate all profits earned in Colombia to victims of the paramilitaries that…
The U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, William Brownfield, criticized the intervention by foreign governments in Colombia’s upcoming presidential elections, reports El Tiempo on Wednesday. Brownfield, when asked about foreign interference in…
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International says in its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report that Colombian government security forces, paramilitaries, and guerrillas are all guilty of serious…
The Colombian ambassador to the U.S. criticized NGO the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) for its “unacceptable” suggestion of a connection between the embassy and a paramilitary group, El…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday sharply criticized campaign proposals to raise tax, warning that this could “severely damage” what has been achieved, reports El Espectador. Though the president did…
A group of human rights activists, NGOs, and American and Colombian citizens held a rally in front of the White House in Washington D.C. Monday evening to call to attention…