The U.S. government supports the Democratic Security policy of President Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian head of state announced after meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. The American…
The Colombian government has rejected the recent release of suspected guerillas, and of seventeen soldiers accused of extrajudicial executions. The soldiers and the guerrillas were released after judges ruled that…
The Colombian ambassador to the United States declared her wish Thursday that the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) be put into action in 2010. “We cherish the hope that this…
President Alvaro Uribe announced Thursday that the U.S. will send equipment and assistance teams to help subdue raging forest fires threatening Colombia’s capital, Bogota. Uribe made the announcement in an…
President Uribe announced that he is meeting U.S. congressmen on Saturday, to request the urgent adoption of the pending free trade agreement. “I have a meeting on Saturday with a…
The FARC must be stopped so that Colombia can live peacefully, declared President Uribe in a radio interview on Wednesday. When questioned with regard to the FARC’s recent statement in…
The referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe’s re-election in May is causing controversy again, as the country’s Registry insists there is no time to organize the popular vote, while Uribe…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday he had left the question of his standing for a third term “in the hands of God.” In an interview with a local radio…
The Americas editor for The Economist, Michael Reid, stated Tuesday that Colombia does not need “an eternal strongman,” in reference to President Uribe’s re-election bid. Reid, in an interview with…