Colombian authorities thwart plot to assassinate political analysts and reporter
Colombian authorities said Monday they have thwarted a plot to assassinate two political analysts...
Tag: Leon Valencia
Colombia congressmen make surprise visit to peace talks
Some politicians have claimed that the trip taken on Sunday by six Colombian congressmen to meet with the peace negotiators for the government and country’s largest guerrilla group FARC is duplicitous, unprofessional, and...
Colombia neo-paramilitary groups ‘have protection of the state’: Think tank
Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups continue to enjoy the protection of elements of the state, the director of a leading think tank said Tuesday. In an interview with Colombia Reports, Leon Valencia, director of Corporacion...
Colombian columnist flees country amid death threats: colleague
Prominent columnist and conflict analyst Leon Valencia has fled Colombia due to death threats, while his colleague told RCN Radio Wednesday he will have to leave the country as well. Ariel Avila, an investigator for the...
Uribe refuses to back down in libel battle
Ex-President Alvaro Uribe has refused to retract the accusations at the center of his defamation battle with political analyst Leon Valencia. Valencia, from the NGO Nuevo Arco Iris, filed a libel law suit against Uribe in July...
Uribe critic defends govt contract
Leon Valencia, head of NGO Nuevo Arco Iris and high-profile opponent of former President Alvaro Uribe, defended his recent government contract to identify corrupt political candidates in the October elections. Valencia has been...
Uribe family clashes with columnist over controversies
Former President Alvaro Uribe and his son Tomas began a Twitter offensive against leftist Semana columnist Leon Valencia Sunday after a column implicating the former president’s sons in 12 scandals. According to Uribe,...
