Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he had not decided whether to attend Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos’ inauguration on August 7, El Espectador reports. “The president-elect of Colombia keeps sending…
Ten soldiers on Sunday were killed in combat with guerrillas from the FARC in the eastern Colombian department of Arauca, army sources told local media. The army is involved in…
Venezuela’s foreign ministry released a statement Thursday in which it told Colombia that its spokespeople must “cease aggressions,” which are “solely responsible for damage caused to bilateral relations.” In the…
An army commando who took part in the June 13 military rescue of four FARC hostages reveals that the mission was called “Operation Chameleon” because the army posed as guerrillas…
The U.S. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen said that his nation’s use of seven Colombian military bases does not affect other countries in the region, and that the…
Intelligence and security cooperation between Colombia and Venezuela stopped four years ago and as a result Colombia runs military operations at the neighboring nations’ common border solo, Colombia’s Commander of…
U.S. ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said Saturday that his country will not increase the number of U.S. military personnel present in the Andean nation. Brownfield said that Colombia “will…
Former Nicaraguan foreign minister and newly appointed member of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Miguel D’Escoto, says that he will prioritize denouncing the U.S.-Colombian military base agreement before the committee, reports La…
Colombia’s President-elect Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday met with Defense Minister Gabriel Silva and high-ranking members of the armed forces to discuss the incoming administration’s defense policy. Santos, a former defense…