Colombia has increased security measures at the Venezuela border after health authorities in the neighboring country announced 37 people have been treated for cholera. According to deputy Health Minister Beatriz…
Colombia and Venezuela on Wednesday signed an agreement to cooperate in the struggle against narcotics trafficking. The deal aims to facilitate information-sharing between authorities in the neighboring countries, as well…
Colombia’s Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera will travel to Caracas next week to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Carlos Jose Mata Figueroa to discuss the weak border security. According to Rivera,…
The Minister of Defense and other national officials met near the Venezuelan border Thursday to discuss efforts to combat rebel groups. The Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera traveled to the…
Despite promises from Caracas and Bogota to rein in guerrilla activity along the Venezuelan-Colombian border, several Colombian governors of border departments have expressed their concern that activity from guerrilla groups…
Ecuador dismantled 125 FARC camps on its side of the border, the country’s new ambassador to Colombia said Thursday. Raul Vallejo, who took office in Bogota this week, told Colombian…
Colombian authorities are investigating an incident on the Colombia-Venezuala border where a Venezuelan soldier allegedly shot at a boat carrying civilians, Colombian media reported Thursday. The boat was traveling along…
Colombian congressmen applaud Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for extraditing an ELN commander, but add he has no choice but to fight Colombian guerrillas in order to avoid an internal crisis.…
Panama authorities arrested five Colombians suspected of belonging to the FARC in an indigenous region near the border, reports EFE. The five suspected Colombian guerrillas were detained, along with one Panamanian,…