More than 1,000 women from twelve different countries will march from Barrancabermeja in the Santander department to the Palenquero military base in Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca, to protest against a military pact…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday rejected claims by an NGO that former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s signing of a military pact with the U.S. in 2009 was an act…
Colombian NGO La Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo claims that former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s signing of a military pact with the U.S. was an act of treason, an…
U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Wednesday that Washington hopes Bogota “takes the necessary steps to preserve the bilateral military agreement,” and that in the meantime cooperation will continue…
Former commander of the Colombian armed forces General Freddy Padilla said Wednesday that U.S. Congress will not ratify its military bases agreement with Colombia. “If Colombia sends the agreement to…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Wednesday that the government will abide by the Constitutional Court’s ruling that a military pact signed with the U.S. is not constitutional until ratified by…
Colombia’s military base deal with the United States is not constitutional without ratification by Congress, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday. The controversial pact, which allows the U.S. access to at…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that despite his rebuilding of ties with Colombia, the U.S. could still destabilize the region by provoking a border incident. In an interview with…
Alvaro Uribe on Thursday made his final television appearance as president of Colombia, thanking the Colombian people for their support and requesting the same support for his successor Juan Manuel…