US asks Colombia to take Guantanamo detainees
Colombia confirmed Thursday that the United States has requested that its South American ally receive inmates from the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
Colombia confirmed Thursday that the United States has requested that its South American ally receive inmates from the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
Terrorism in Colombia did go up in 2012, the country’s defense minister confirmed Saturday, adding however that this year the number of acts of terrorism dropped significantly.
Colombia experienced its second consecutive year of increased terrorism in 2012 despite a significant drop in attacks in the second half of the year, according to the United States annual…
An oil pipeline in northern Colombia was bombed Tuesday for the second time in a week, reported local media. Oil has spilled into local rivers after attacks on the Caño-Limon-Coveñas…
A Chilean minister on Monday claimed that recent arson attacks in southern Chile were carried out by “terrorists” with links to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, FARC. Wildfires lit in the La…
Colombia’s director of the national police, the country’s senior army commander and the commander of the Air Force all said that they anticipated a FARC attack when the unilateral ceasefire…
Colombia’s Minister of Defense said that the country’s two largest guerrilla groups currently have less than 10,000 members combined, local media reported on Thursday. “It is increasingly demonstrated that the…
Colombia is the country most affected by terrorism in the Americas, the Institute for Economics and Peace announced Tuesday. The institute has created a Global Terrorism Index that ranks Colombia 13th…
A “criminal marriage” between guerrilla group FARC and drug gangs is creating tension in the southwestern Cauca and Valle del Cauca departments, warned Colombia’s armed forces Friday. Armed forces commander, General…