Colombia’s election campaigns come to an end amid...
Francia Marquez
Colombia investigating attacks against media and journalists
Why State mafia allies threaten Colombia’s democracy
Colombia’s establishment candidate disappoints in election polls
Colombia’s far-right trying to postpone presidential elections
Colombia’s opposition embarks on anti-election fraud offensive
Establishment candidate in Colombia’s elections linked to mafia
Far-right group goes from opposing communism to opposing...
ELN declares unilateral ceasefire ahead of Colombia’s elections
  • About
  • Support
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
News

Correa will quit if FARC links are proven

by Adriaan Alsema May 18, 2008

Accusations that Correa and his ally Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez helped the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) stem from data found in the laptops of a slain rebel leader authenticated by the international police agency Interpol earlier this week. The disclosure has raised regional tensions.”If I had the most minimal relation with the FARC as candidate or as president I will resign as president,” Correa said in his weekly radio address. “We have never received illegal (campaign) contributions.”The popular ex-college professor said he handed over proof of his innocence to the Organization of American States amid accusations he also received money contributions from rebels during his presidential campaign in 2006.The diplomatic row highlighted deep divisions in the Andean region between U.S.-backed Colombia and Washington’s fierce critics Ecuador and Venezuela.Ecuador earlier this year severed diplomatic ties with Bogota and tensions have remained high after Colombia bombed a rebel camp inside Ecuador, killing Raúl Reyes, a top leader of the FARC and seizing his laptops.The March 1 raid briefly raised the threat of war after Correa and Chávez sent troops to their borders with Colombia.Correa accused Colombian President Álvaro Uribe of leading a smear campaign against him to divert attention from a scandal involving his allies at home and violent paramilitary groups.Both countries share a 400-mile-long (600-km-long) porous border that is often crossed by Colombian guerrillas to set up camps and plot attacks against the Uribe’s government.

Trending

  • Colombia’s far-right trying to postpone presidential elections

  • Establishment candidate in Colombia’s elections linked to mafia

  • Colombia’s establishment candidate disappoints in election polls

  • RSS

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top