Padilla offered Colombian ambassador to UN
Colombia Tuesday offered the commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, the role as the Andean nation’s new ambassador to the United Nations. Padilla has said he will consider…
Colombia Tuesday offered the commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, the role as the Andean nation’s new ambassador to the United Nations. Padilla has said he will consider…
One of the first tasks for Colombia’s new ambassador to the U.S., Gabriel Silva, will be to kick-start the stalled U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA), newspaper La Republica reported Wednesday.…
During an official visit to Peru, Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos appointed current Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva as the new Colombian ambassador to the U.S., reports El Espectador. With Silva’s role as…
The Venezuelan ambassador to Colombia, Gustavo Marquez, accused Monday the Colombian governement of pursuing a “two-faced policy” towards its eastern neighbor. “They have been pursuing a two-faced policy, on the…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slams President Alvaro Uribe for the Colombian government’s claims that FARC and ELN guerrillas are hiding out in Venezuela. Chavez said he knew “very well what…
Incoming U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Michael McKinley said Thursday that Washington “is concerned about the relation between members of the Venezuelan government and the FARC,” in a written response to…
U.S. ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said Saturday that his country will not increase the number of U.S. military personnel present in the Andean nation. Brownfield said that Colombia “will…
The secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Nestor Kirchner, will travel to Colombia to meet with President Alvaro Uribe and President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian media…
A group of burglars broke into the Colombian Ambassador in Washington Carolina Barco’s residence and stole her laptop early Monday morning, but were arrested by U.S. authorities shortly after. The burglars…