Padilla: Santos era will see end of FARC
General Freddy Padilla, outgoing commander of the Colombian military, predicted Thursday that the administration of Juan Manuel Santos will defeat the guerrilla, and dismissed the possibility of a war with…
General Freddy Padilla, outgoing commander of the Colombian military, predicted Thursday that the administration of Juan Manuel Santos will defeat the guerrilla, and dismissed the possibility of a war with…
Colombia’s outgoing armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla called on FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” to surrender and avoid death. Padilla spoke on Wednesday on a visit to the town of…
In an interview with Spanish radio station Onda Cero, Colombian Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon said that Colombia was unable to confirm if members of Colombia’s FARC and Basque separatist group…
“Alfonso Cano,” supreme FARC commander, reappeared last week in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera. The video is significant for a number of reasons. First, it comes in the wake of…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ordered members of the armed forces to work day and night to arrest those criminals “who are still missing” before his term ends on August 7.…
Foreign ministers of South America will meet on Thursday in Ecuador to discuss the rupture of relations between Colombia and Venezuela. The meeting was called days after Colombia accused Venezuela…
Colombian guerrilla groups FARC and ELN were reduced in size from a joint 24,000 members in 2002 to 9,500 members in 2010, the country’s defense minister said Saturday. According to…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday called on Colombian guerrilla groups FARC and ELN to “reconsider their armed strategy” against the State. According to the leftist leader, the United States…
The secretary general to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Nestor Kirchner, will meet with the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela in August, in a bid to mediate the…