Colombian ex-senator and peace activist Piedad Cordoba accused Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles of receiving paramilitary support. In an interview with Venezuelan state television channel, VTV, Cordoba claimed that Capriles was…
Colombia’s Supreme Court absolved a former congresswoman on charges of influence peddling Thursday, citing reasonable doubt. The court had been investigating former senate president, Nancy Patricia Gutierrez, for allegedly soliciting…
Former senator and government mediator Piedad Cordoba requested an interview Monday with the incoming secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, (UNASUR) Venezuela’s Ali Rodriguez. In a letter…
Several paramilitary leaders with knowledge of the alleged wiretapping of political officials by the former head of Colombia’s now-dismantled security agency and former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff were…
Carlos Lozano, editor of the leftist weekly magazine “La Voz,” said “a credible source” revealed there is a $200,000 bounty on his head. Lozano said that Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked to submit a document proving the former director of the country’s now-dismantled national security agency authorized the payment of an informant to follow ex-senator Piedad Cordoba,…
Colombian hostage negotiator and former senator Piedad Cordoba is the host of a new documentary program examining social justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. “Just Cause” premiered Monday on…
Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba said she will not be coerced by recent death threats she has received, reported CM radio Thursday. Cordoba, who previously served as a mediator between…
The government of France confirmed that they have designated a delegate to mediate the release of captured journalist Romeo Langlois. In an interview with Radio Caracol, the French ambassador to…