Government extradited paramilitary bosses to silence them: HRW
The extradition of key paramilitary leaders to the U.S. was “a fatal blow to investigations into parapolitics” and was done in order hide the truth, according to Americas Human Rights…
The extradition of key paramilitary leaders to the U.S. was “a fatal blow to investigations into parapolitics” and was done in order hide the truth, according to Americas Human Rights…
Last Wednesday, at around 9.30 in the morning, a military helicopter from Venezuela entered Colombian airspace. For about 20 minutes, the Venezuelans flew over the city of Arauca and a…
Colombia’s security policy, adopted by current President Alvaro Uribe as his “Democratic Security” policy, should be able to survive a change of government, presidential candidate German Vargas Lleras said Saturday.…
Yidis Medina, the former senator who is currently under house arrest for accepting bribes from government officials, said Thursday her fifteen-year-old son has been missing since Tuesday. According to Medina,…
Colombia’s national forensics institute on Thursday claimed homicide statistics for the city of Medellin quoted by President Alvaro Uribe are false. Uribe claimed that there had only been 110 homicides…
The number of internally displaced people in Colombia dropped by 50 percent last year, the president of the Red Cross told President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday. It is not known…
The government is open to dialogue with FARC, but the only response so far has been terrorism, President Uribe told Caracol Radio Thursday. Uribe cited the December assasination of Luis…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sees the vow of his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to “strengthen trade relations” with with his country as a sign that the U.S. has confidence in…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s proposal to pay students in Medellin a monthly stipend if they provide intelligence to the military is causing controversy among political commentators. Uribe said on Tuesday…