Brazilian hostage release delegation to arrive in Colombia next week
A delegation from Brazil, the country in charge of the logistics of the promised release of five FARC hostages, will arrive in Colombia next week, a member of “Colombians for…
A delegation from Brazil, the country in charge of the logistics of the promised release of five FARC hostages, will arrive in Colombia next week, a member of “Colombians for…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos briefly met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while both were attending the inauguration of Brazil’s new President Dilma Rousseff Saturday. According to the…
The Brazilian government and the Red Cross agree to provide logistics to allow the release of five hostages held by the FARC, the Colombian government said Thursday. In a press…
Colombia’s Santo Domingo Group will form part of an international consortium to buy a $1.8 billion stake in Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual, the Wall Street Journal reports. The buyers…
Brazilian airline TAM announces that flights on its new route between Bogota and Sao Paulo will start December 19, Dinero reports. During the ABAV Fair of the Americas, an international…
Brazil’s Defense Minister Nelson Jobim “all but acknowledged” the presence of the FARC in Venezuela, according to a confidential cable released by WikiLeaks on Tuesday. Cables sent from the U.S.…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that the warming of relations between Colombia and Venezuela was an example of how South America has learned to live democratically, reports…
Mexico’s arrest of Carlos Mauricio Poveda, alias “El Conejo,” marks the 18th major Colombian narco-trafficker captured or killed abroad in the last six years, according to Caracol Radio. Poveda spent time…
Brazil’s government donates half a million dollars to Colombian refugees in Ecuador, to be administered by the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), website Terra reported Monday. “The government and the…