Police offer $1.5 million for FARC leader
Colombian police are offering a reward of up to US$1.5 million for information leading to the capture of FARC leader Oscar Montero, alias ‘El Paisa’. According to National Police director…
Colombian police are offering a reward of up to US$1.5 million for information leading to the capture of FARC leader Oscar Montero, alias ‘El Paisa’. According to National Police director…
Colombia asked Venezuela for proof of its accusation of espionage allegedly led by the Colombian Department of Administrative Security (DAS). The Colombian ambassador in Caracas, Maria Luisa Chiappe said that the…
Colombian and Ecuadorean authorities will meet Tuesday morning to work towards restoring diplomatic relations, despite Ecuadorean extradition requests for Colombian officials. The meeting is the latest in a series of…
The Colombian goverment has sufficient grounds to sign the military bases agreement with the U.S. without running it through Congress first, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez said Monday. The Minister said…
The families of three of the Colombians found murdered in Venezuela will march in the north-eastern city of Bucaramanga Monday to demand an investigation into the deaths. The march will…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva is “mentally retarded”. Chavez was responding to Silva’s claim that the majority of drug trafficking flights to the U.S. depart…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe refused to accept his resignation, vice-President Francisco Santos said Sunday. Santos is under investigation by the Prosecutor General for his alleged ties to a paramilitary group.…
The U.S. government will unfreeze US$50 million in funding destined for Plan Colombia. The funding was frozen in 2007 due to human rights violations in Colombia. Colombia’s deputy Defense Minister…
The Venezuelan Ambassador to Bogota reiterated Friday that Venezuela is not a safehaven to leaders of the FARC or other illegal armed groups as Colombia claims. “There has been no…