Colombia’s Constitutional Court Thursday recommended that the military bases agreement with the United States first pass through Congress. Thirteen of the 25 magistrates voted in favour of the agreement first…
The United States Senate extended Plan Colombia for another year Thursday, guaranteeing its help in combatting leftist guerrillas and the production and trafficking of cocaine in Colombia. Both the continuation…
A Colombian man with links to DMG, a pyramid scheme that bilked Colombians out of hundreds of millions of dollars was deported by Venezuela on Thursday to the United States,…
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders asked Colombia Tuesday in Washington to stop the harassment of human rights activists in the country. Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya, speaking to members…
The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States sent a letter to liberal congressmen regarding the progress and commitments of the Colombian government to the protection of vulnerable populations and…
Coca growers in the central Colombian department of Cundinamarca will receive U.S. financial support to switch to cultivating cocoa. Governor Andres Gonzalez Diaz announced the project after meeting with U.S.…
Colombia’s Defense Minister, Gabriel Silva, defended results of Plan Colombia with regard to drug trafficking and terrorism on Thursday, following a meeting held by the Chamber of Representatives for the…
A group of Brazilian lawmakers will travel to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in November to discuss an agreement in which Colombia permits the U.S. military to use at least seven…
This Tuesday, an agreement was formalized between the disgraced business tycoon, David Murcia Guzman, and the 1,800 victims of his DMG company’s money-laundering schemes. According to a report by news…