Chavez again blames Colombia for domestic crime
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said that the origin of Venezuela’s soaring crime rates lies in Colombia and is orchestrated by the United States. According to the socialist president,…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said that the origin of Venezuela’s soaring crime rates lies in Colombia and is orchestrated by the United States. According to the socialist president,…
A US federal judge on Friday denied coal giant Drummond’s request to dismiss all charges against the company in the case over murders by paramilitaries of innocent Colombian civilians. Drummond…
Colombia’s Defense Ministry claims that the number of members of drug-funded armed groups decreased by more than 85% in the past eight years. In a press release Friday evening, the…
Seven Colombian families displaced 14 years ago by paramilitaries, who two months ago returned to their villages of Blanquicet and Macondo, in the central Colombian department of Antioquia, report they are…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has denied claims by former paramilitary leader Salvatore Manusco that the AUC coalition helped Uribe’s election campaign in 2002, reported Pais. “Because of my democratic…
Colombian paramilitaries turned down a proposal by a group of Venezuelan military officers to stage a coup against President Hugo Chavez in 2002, according to extradited former AUC leader Salvatore…
Colombian authorities arrested congressmen Luis Carlos Restrepo, Valle del Cauca representative, and Valencia Duque, Antioquia representative, on Thursday for alleged links to paramilitary groups, reports El Espectador. Following orders from…
Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s south-western Valle del Cauca department allege that demobilized paramilitary group the AUC sent them threatening leaflets, declaring them to be “enemies” and military targets, reports to El Espectador. Thirty-six leaders…
The recent threats against three Colombian human rights activists form part of an ongoing campaign to publicly discredit and smear their work of protecting Afro-Colombian communities in the Choco region,…