U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela on Wednesday qualified controversial comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Mexico’s drugs war resembles the…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe called on other countries to stop allowing Colombian terrorists into their countries, reports El Espectador on Wednesday. “A fundamental theme to [Colombian] diplomacy is for other…
Threats from guerrilla group the FARC shut down all transportation services in and around the municipality of Algeciras in the south-west Colombian Huila department, El Tiempo reports on Tuesday. According…
Despite the scandals that have plagued his leadership, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s popularity remains high as his term comes to an end due to his success in improving security conditions…
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Colombians largest and oldest insurgent group, are urging Colombians to abstain from voting in the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday. In a…
Thirteen hundred U.S. activists signed a letter to the president of Chiquita Brands, demanding that the fruit company donate all profits earned in Colombia to victims of the paramilitaries that…
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International says in its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report that Colombian government security forces, paramilitaries, and guerrillas are all guilty of serious…
Nine marines from the Colombian navy were killed in combat with FARC insurgents Sunday afternoon, in the southern Amazonian department of Caqueta, according to local media reports. Details of the…
The Thursday takeover of a Bogota university’s central square by armed ELN guerrillas was an act of aggression against the university, claims the rector, Moises Wasserman, on Friday. According to Wasserman,…