Tony Blair to be awarded US Medal of Freedom

Former Prime Ministers, Tony Blair og the UK, Australian John Howard and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will all be awarded the highest civilian award in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom By...

Farc to free six hostages 'soon'

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) said it would be releasing six hostages shortly. Colombian Senator and International mediator, Piedad Cordoba, asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to...

Ingrid Betancourt thanks Chavez for FARC hostage liberations.

Caracas,Venezuel, 8 December 2008. Today, Colombian ex FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at Caracas. During their meeting, Betancourt thanked Chavez for helping...

In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror

The following article at LA Times, recounts the sad stories known to many Colombians and South America citizens. The paramilitary groups are still spreading violence and causing displacement to neighbouring...

Chavez asks Colombia to remove Consul or face expulsion (UPDATED II)

Caracas, Venezuela, 30 November, 2008. Today, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez asked Colombian government to promptly remove its Consul at Maracaibo, Carlos Galvis Fajardo, or face his expulsion from the...

Colombia declares emergency over investment scams

As tension mounted and disturbances erupted in 12 states over the alleged pyramid multimillion-dollar investment scams, the Colombian government was forced to declare an emergency. "President Alvaro Uribe's office...

Colombian army chief Montoya resigns (Updated)

The crisis over the  "systematic and widespread" extrajudicial executions of innocent civilians by Colombia's U.S.-backed security forces continues. Now, Colombian Army Chief Mario Montoya has resigned...

3 army colonels fired in Colombia for killings

" BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's army chief fired three colonels on Friday in the case of 11 men who disappeared from a Bogota suburb and were found dead months later in a war zone hundreds of miles away. It...

Colombian Watergate: Intelligence Chief resigns

Another political scandal rocks Colombian Presidency after an opposition senator, Gustavo Petro, accused the government of monitoring his movements. Such claim prompted the Colombian Intelligence...

Colombia orders arrest of ex-general

" © AP 2008-10-11 01:40:02 - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a second retired general in the disappearance of 12 people during the Colombian army's bloody 1985 retaking of the...

US court jails Colombia militants

As Colombian President declares a national "emergency" over the judicial system as it has been on strike for the last 36 days, justice distribution seem to come from abroad. Two notorious paramilitary leaders,...

Colombia President Uribe denies bribery case

Churuguara, Falcon State, Venezuela, 21 August 2008. After attending a hearing at Congress for over two hours, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe pleaded not guilty in the bribery case involving his second term in...

Colombian FARC insists on Humanitarian deal to release hostages.

Churuguara, Falcon State, Venezuela, 21 August 2008. It has emerged today, that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -FARC- have renewed its stand on the liberation of hostages. In a ANNCOL communique,...

Brazilian President Lula da Silva visits Colombia (updated)

Updates: On 20 July 2008, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced his country would join the Security Council of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). This council was proposed by Venezuela and Brazil to draft a defence policy and...

Uribe drops 2006 vote rerun referendum

After the FARC liberation operation and the Yidisgate scandal, Colombian Supreme Court issued two rulings. First, It stated that it would be unconstitutional- if not impossible - to rerun presidential elections held in 2006. Then, it also stated that the constitutional...

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