Former defense minister compares Uribe to Pablo Escobar
Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe is running his political party the same way the late Pablo Escobar ran the Medellin Cartel, according to one of his former defense ministers.
Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe is running his political party the same way the late Pablo Escobar ran the Medellin Cartel, according to one of his former defense ministers.
Mud being flung back and forth between ex-president Alvaro Uribe and his former defense minister continued Monday, with Silva responding to Uribe’s accusations of him being “useless” among other insults. The…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday threatened to sue his former defense minister over allegations Uribe impeded an operation to arrest a FARC commander. In an interview with radio…
Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe impeded an operation to capture a top FARC guerrilla in Venezuela, claimed a former defense minister. “President Uribe prevented me from extracting Ivan Marquez from Venezuela,…
President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Carlos Urrutia as Colombia’s new ambassador to Washington Thursday. Santos described his childhood friend as a man, “who has all the qualities to represent our…
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 ambassador to the United States painted a rosy picture of economic growth in Colombia as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two nations takes effect Tuesday. The agreement…
The Colombian ambassador to the U.S. defended the Colombian-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday, but acknowledged the work that lies ahead in successfully implementing it in Colombia, according to…
A Washington court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from a U.S. company seeking multibillion-dollar compensation from Colombia over rights to the Spanish gold ship “San Jose,” which sank off the…