WikiLeaks cables dating between 2006 and 2009 detail the “souring” of Colombia’s relationship with Israel over the poor return on business deals with an Israeli defense firm. Current president and…
The Council of State has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the civil aviation authority to compensate the family of a soldier who died in a plane crash over 20…
The Colombian government and vast numbers of the Colombian public on Friday strongly criticized the revelation that former hostage Ingrid Betancourt is seeking $6.6 million from the Colombian state as…
A total of 191 FARC and ELN guerrillas demobilized in June, according to the Colombian Defense Ministry’s Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), Efe reports. Of the demobilized…
Colombia’s President-elect Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday met with Defense Minister Gabriel Silva and high-ranking members of the armed forces to discuss the incoming administration’s defense policy. Santos, a former defense…
The Colombian government on Sunday offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the alleged guerrillas responsible for an attack on a police patrol that left seven…
Colombia’s vice defense minister Alejandro Arbelaez wants to work with the National Registry to prevent potential cyber-terrorist attacks by hackers on presidential candidates. “We are working on greater security in cyberspace,…
Colombian Navy Commander Guillermo Barrera on Monday denied corruption allegations, claiming that a payment Colombian officials received from a German firm was a “commission” not a bribe. According to Barrera,…
Colombia’s Defense Ministry revealed on Wednesday that four members of the country’s Armed Forces have died in captivity of the FARC and ELN, reported CM&. In addition to Julian Guevara,…