Colombia has become respected regional leader: Santos
Colombia has advanced from being a country in diplomatic isolation to a regional leader, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday while on a mid-term tour through the country in defense…
Colombia has advanced from being a country in diplomatic isolation to a regional leader, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday while on a mid-term tour through the country in defense…
Former Senator and Ambassador Jorge Visbal was released by Colombia’s prosecutor general Wednesday after being arrested for alleged paramilitary ties. The diplomat was released from detention because he does not…
Colombia’s ambassador to Washington has resigned, said President Juan Manuel Santos Saturday. The president announced his ambassador’s resignation at a public meeting in which he praised Ambassador Gabriel Silva’s role…
Colombia’s foreign minister has denied criticism of over-spending and a lack of concrete results at the recent Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. Maria Angela Holguin rejected former president Alvaro…
Colombian officials completed the first stage of a tour of the Asia-Pacific region in order to secure free trade agreements. The Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angela Holguin met…
The United States ambassador to Colombia said drug legalization “has to be addressed” in an interview with newspaper El Pais on Monday. Peter Michael McKinley said that “the issue presented…
President Juan Manuel Santos inaugurated the new Colombian embassy on Friday in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish president Abdullah Gul attended the ceremony, a move which Santos described as “a very good…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to Turkey on Wednesday to strengthen diplomatic relations and continue negotiations to establish Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Mediterranean country. On this trip,…
The U.S. ambassador to Colombia explained to W radio that the Republican boycott of the pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is simply routine disagreement that poses no real threat to…