Posted by Jean Carrere | Nov 28, 2011 | News
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe denied conspiracy to discredit the Supreme Court, during the trial of a former AUC leader’s lawyer Monday. Uribe testified in front of a Bogota court: “There was never a...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 24, 2011 | News
The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, has announced plans for a new military strategy to beat “terrorism” for good. “The Defense Ministry organized a meeting with the Colombian army’s highest generals to...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 21, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that his country and Venezuela “have a deal” to jointly find and arrest FARC leader “Timochenko” who is assumed to be in the two neighbors’...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 21, 2011 | News
Former AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso told Colombia’s Supreme Court Monday that former Congress President Javier Caceres sought paramilitary support in 2003. Mancuso told the court that Caceres met with paramilitary leaders...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 21, 2011 | News
Truck drivers in Colombia complained Monday about the poor state of the road system throughout the country, claiming the heavy rain and lack of maintenance made the situation “unworkable.” Pedro Aguilar, the head of...
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