Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe considered allowing the U.S. military access to Colombian bases a way to deter possible Venezuelan attacks, a leaked cable from then-Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield…
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says the United States is using the FARC as an excuse to maintain a military presence in Colombia, reports El Espectador. Morales said the presence of the…
The 2010 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor said Colombia must focus more on helping civilian victims of landmines. The report, released by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, provides an…
A 2002 video released by Colombia’s Reparation and Reconciliation Commission shows former army commander Mario Montoya surrounded by paramilitary fighters. The video was released by newscast Noticias Uno, which reported…
The FARC on Friday accused the United States of having a part in the September bombing attack on a FARC camp that killed commander “Mono Jojoy,” reports Anncol. The FARC-sympathetic…
A report by the U.S. State Department gives the names of 14 military contractor companies and the amounts they were paid by U.S. government for their counter-narcotics operations in Colombia.…
DNA tests on traces of a substance found on seven members of the military in the Arauca department found that it was not blood from three children murdered in October, CMI…
Colombia’s government forensics department revealed Monday that 18 new alleged cases of sexual abuse of minors by the military and the police are being investigated. The recent murder of three…
Six Colombian soldiers were wounded Thursday by an explosion attributed to the FARC guerrilla group in a rural area in the southern department of Huila. The explosion was triggered when…