The budget handed down by U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration allocated US$46 million to the expansion of Colombia’s Palanquero Air Base north of Bogota. The request, which must be approved…
The sons of President Alvaro Uribe reiterated that they will not attend the Senate plenary session Tuesday evening, where the controversy over their alleged enrichment through insider trading will be…
The Cordoba Teachers Association (ADEMACOR) reported Tuesday that paramilitary gangs are threatening and extorting teachers throughout the northern department. Domingo Ayala, president of the association, told Caracol Radio that illegal…
President Alvaro Uribe ordered the army and the police to continue with military operations to secure the release of all hostages. He said that no military operation would put the…
Authorities ordered a crackdown in the southern department of Nariño to combat the wave of violence sweeping over the region. The government announced the relocation of 2,000 extra soldiers to…
Two Colombian congressmen were arrested Monday for their alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Senator for Partido de la U, Zulema Jattin and Caldas House of Representatives congressman Jairo Alberto Llano…
Three people were found murdered in an elevator in Medellin, Antioquia. Authorities believe their deaths are linked to the fight for control of the ‘Office of Envigado’, Colombia’s third most…
Six people were murdered in the northern department of Cordoba over the weekend. Despite three security council meetings held so far this year to address instability in the region, violence…
Paramilitary group ‘Aguilas negras’ distributed pamphlets threatening officials of the Ombudsman’s office in the department of Magdalena in northern Colombia. The threatening pamphlet states that officials from the Ombudsman’s office,…