Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Wednesday that the government will abide by the Constitutional Court’s ruling that a military pact signed with the U.S. is not constitutional until ratified by…
U.S. ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said Saturday that his country will not increase the number of U.S. military personnel present in the Andean nation. Brownfield said that Colombia “will…
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez welcomed the election of Juan Manuel Santos as Colombia’s next president, but with the reservation “by their fruits ye shall know them,” reports El Espectador. Speaking at the Bolivarian Alliance for…
Former Nicaraguan foreign minister and newly appointed member of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Miguel D’Escoto, says that he will prioritize denouncing the U.S.-Colombian military base agreement before the committee, reports La…
The Colombian government confirmed Wednesday that the FARC guerrilla group have logistic and trafficking networks in Brazilian territory, and use the Amazon River to transport drugs, reports CM&. The statement…
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Colombia from April 14 to 15 to strengthen the two nations’ military relationship, and discuss the base-sharing agreement signed between the two countries…
In an interview with Colombian newspaper El Espectador on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield talked about his country’s military base agreement with Colombia, the pending Free Trade Agreement, the…
The US-Colombia military base agreement is completely misunderstood, and it is one of the many examples of U.S. military agreements aimed at exporting security in order to stay out of…
The U.S. sent a letter to all countries in South American guaranteeing that the U.S. military will not use Colombian bases to invade neighboring countries, El Espectador reported Monday. In…