An agreement to increase security in the frontier area between Colombia and Brazil in the Amazon region has been signed, announced a Defense Ministry official Thursday. Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo…
Nicaraguan oil exploration near the Colombian archipelago of San Andres was suspended due to a civil action brought by an environmental agency, local media reported Thursday. The exploration in the…
The minister of interior and justice called for more manpower to fight FARC and ELN cocaine trafficking operations in Norte de Santander near the Venezuelan border, the minister’s website reported…
The International Court of Justice has rejected Costa Rica’s request to be allowed to intervene in the contentious island sovereignty dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. The…
A Colombian navy patrol has detained three people aboard a ship on the Amazon River carrying over 100 kgs of cocaine and 500 cartridges of ammunition, El Espectador reported Thursday.…
Four guerrillas from rebel group the ELN accused of Thursday’s murder of four Colombian soldiers are captured in Venezuela, El Espectador reported Friday. Colombian Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera confirmed that the ELN…
Colombia and Venezuela are developing a joint plan to help coffee cultivators on both sides of the border affected by the Colombian conflict the Colombian government announced Monday. The Binational…
Police detain two indigenous Ecuadoreans near the Colombian border on suspicion of selling military supplies to the FARC, Colombian and Ecuadorean press reported Sunday. The police body charged with controlling organized…
Over the last weeks, there has been news about border security projects between Colombia and three of its neighbors: Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador. As I wrote in a previous column,…