Colombia’s national government will begin dialogue with the “Marcha Patriotica” next week, despite having accused the leftist social movement of having ties with FARC guerrillas. Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo confirmed…
Colombia’s Defense Minister said Thursday that a massacre in which ten were murdered in Antioquia may have been out of retaliation rather than simply unpaid extortion, he stated on Thursday.…
The 82nd General Assembly of international police organization Interpol will be hosted in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena. The annual Interpol meeting that was just held in Rome, Italy…
Starting next year soldiers from Italy’s armed forces will travel to Colombia to receive specialized training, according the Ministry of Defense Monday. The decision is just one component of a…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC have insisted their participation in peace talks with the government does not mean they will simply surrender. In a statement sent to the Associated Press…
Colombia’s defense minister said Thursday that the military will add 25,000 new soldiers to its ranks over the next two years, reported local media. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon…
Colombia has trained more than 13,000 soldiers from more than 40 countries since 2005, claimed the defense ministry in a press release Wednesday. Security training has become a new “item…
The armed conflict between the Colombian government and the country’s leading guerrilla group FARC has intensified since the announcement of the peace process, the defense minister said Monday. Juan Carlos…
Colombia’s defense minister has hit back at allegations by the UN that a proposed constitutional reform “undermines justice,” according to local media Wednesday. “By no means will there be impunity.…