Colombia’s military is failing to enter former FARC territories, effectively allowing paramilitary groups and drug gangs to fill the void and set in motion a new wave of terror, homicides and forced…
Defense ministers from Brazil and Colombia agreed to step up their fight against drug traffickers at a meeting on Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Manaus, where feuding drug gangs…
Colombia’s Defense Minister is expecting “big changes” economically and “drastic change in the rules of the game” with the incoming Trump administration in the United States, but not right away, he…
Colombia’s armed forces seized a record 378.3 tons of cocaine in 2016, nearly 50 percent more than the year before, while murders were down by 4 percent, Defense Minister Luis…
Colombia’s defense minister announced an offensive against FARC dissidents on Wednesday following the defection of five members from the Marxist guerrilla group earlier this week. “Those who declare dissent from the…
Colombia’s defense minister and the country’s military command on Thursday said that a transitional justice agreement between the government and FARC rebel group is “the most important news in one hundred years.”
Colombia’s defense minister announced that the military will investigate the leaking of audio and video material that led to speculation about the possible shooting down of a helicopter.
Torn between war victims calling for a ceasefire with rebel group FARC and public opinion opposing exactly that, President Juan Manuel Santos instructed Colombia’s new defense minister “to continue fighting this war until the proposed…
Amid FARC attacks severely affecting public life and security across Colombia, the country’s former ambassador to the US returned to Bogota to lead the country’s Defense Ministry.