Gaviria skipped hearing for ‘security reasons’
Former presidential adviser Jose Obdulio Gaviria cited security concerns as the reason for his absence from his libel hearing on Tuesday. Gaviria, along with former Vice President Francisco Santos, is…
Former presidential adviser Jose Obdulio Gaviria cited security concerns as the reason for his absence from his libel hearing on Tuesday. Gaviria, along with former Vice President Francisco Santos, is…
Colombia’s minister of defense announced Sunday that the Colombian government seeks legislation to make cyberterrorism a punishable crime in Colombia. Minister German Vargas Lleras proposed ammending Law 599 as a…
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin calls for a “global” discussion of the drug trade by the U.N. Security Council. “I think it is very important with the drug issue,…
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin says she may discuss with her Venezuelan counterpart recent allegations that members of the FARC and the ETA were trained together in Venezuela. Holguin…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday compared the death of FARC leader “Mono Jojoy” to killing Osama bin Laden, and announced that the army found fourteen computers and 60 USB…
Unionists suing ex-government officials for defamatory statements are demanding that the former vice president and a former presidential adviser appear in court, newspaper El Espectador reported on Tuesday. Neither former…
Former Vice President Francisco Santos and former presidential adviser Jose Obdulio Gaviria are being sued by three trade unions over defamatory statements linking the unions to terrorism. The case, to…
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Sunday that the latest FARC attack in Colombia’s Putumayo department was not launched from Ecuador. Patiño stressed that the attack, in which at least…
Venezuela’s new Ambassador to Colombia Ivan Rincon said Wednesday that there must be dialogue between the two countries in order to avoid a return to their history of conflict. Rincon said…