Clinton meets Santos and Mockus
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived in Colombia Tuesday night, met with presidential candidates Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus on Wednesday, reports El Tiempo. Clinton met first with Partido…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived in Colombia Tuesday night, met with presidential candidates Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus on Wednesday, reports El Tiempo. Clinton met first with Partido…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Colombia Tuesday night, after meeting with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa in Quito. On Wednesday she will meet with President Alvaro Uribe and the…
The Colombian Navy confirmes that the FARC are detaining a Navy official who went missing after a guerrilla attack two week ago in the south Colombian department of Caqueta. Earlier,…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva defended commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla on Thursday against “false accusations” made against him by “traitors,” over the general’s role in the…
Colombia’s military expenditure increased 11% in 2009, while Venezuela’s spending fell 25%, according to figures released by a Swedish think tank. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report put Brazil…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa will discuss Colombia’s military bases pact with the U.S. when the North American official visits Quito next Tuesday. Correa…
A report released on Thursday by a United Nations investigator on extrajudicial killings finds that the perpetrators of the extrajudicial killings in Colombia known as “false positives” enjoy near total…
Around 300 farmers were forced to flee their homes in Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific coast, to escape heavy fighting between the armed forces and the FARC which started on May…
Commander of the Colombian armed forces, Freddy Padilla de Leon submitted his resignation to President Alvaro Uribe last week, after five years at the helm of the nation’s military, El…