OAS Observers to Monitor Colombia Presidential Election
The Organization of American States (OAS) will send 53 observers to monitor Colombia’s...
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Fake OAS diplomatic SUV used to transport drugs (VIDEO)
Authorities on Monday confiscated an SUV, made to look like an official vehicle of the Organization of American States (OAS), reportedly used to transport drugs and arms from a home in Colombia’s third largest city, Cali....
Colombian homicide rate among the worst in region
Colombia’s homicide rate is among one of the highest in Latin America, according to a report published on Friday by the Organization of American States. The “Report On Citizen Security in the Americas 2012”, which was presented...
Colombian judge elected to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
President of the Colombian Constitutional Court Humberto Sierra Porto was elected Tuesday to be a judge for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Sierra Porto’s candidacy was presented by Colombian Foreign Minister...
Colombia’s Santos meets Castro and Chavez in Cuba
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Cuba Wednesday to discuss Cuba’s participation in next month’s Summit of the Americas (SOA). Santos met Cuba’s president Raul Castro Wedesday morning and will...
Obama’s security team heads to Colombia to prepare visit
United States President Barack Obama’s security team will arrive in Colombia Thursday, to prepare for the leader’s April visit, reported newspaper El Pais Wednesday. Obama is attending the Sixth Summit of the...
Observers denounce vote-buying in Colombian elections
On Thursday, electoral observers reported systematic vote-buying in north Colombia, ahead of October local elections. MOE Director Alejandra Barrios announced that 600 so-called “mochileros” operating in Barranquilla...
Colombia rejects human rights blacklisting
Colombia on Friday rejected a decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to maintain the country on its human rights blacklist and called for the OAS body to analyze advances made “in the field.”. “I...
