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...

Venezuela captures politician wanted in Colombia

Colombian Senator Alvaro Araujo Noguera was detaineed in oppostion State of Zulia, Western Venezuela. The Chavez administration is expected to extradite him to Bogotá shortly. Araujo has been running from...

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...

Red Cross probes emblem 'misuse' (updated)

A new video has shown the planning behind Colombian Jaque military operation which liberated FARC hostages including Ingrid Betancourt. The footage shows the abusive and deliberate misuse of the Red...

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...

Colombia Minister Fernando Araujo resigns

Caracas, Venezuela, 16 July 2008. Today, Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo resigned. The vacant post would be taken by former Colombian Ambassador to Argentina, Jaime Bermudez. The resignation comes as no...

Colombian Constitutional Court rejects re enactment of Uribe´s re-election i...

Caracas, Venezuela, 4 July 2008. According to Colombian pro government newspaper El Tiempo, and the context of the recent liberation of FARC hostages peacefully, the Constitutional Court decided to reject the...

McCain visits Colombia and Mexico

In an attempt to win Hispanic vote and show his foreign policy expertise, Republican candidate John McCain starts a short Latin American tour. He will be visiting Colombia where a political crisis is undermining President Uribe legitimacy. In addition, McCain would also visit...

Colombian President Uribe calls for Referendum amid political crisis (updated)

Updates: Later on Friday 27 June 2008,  two members of President Uribecabinet sued the Supreme Court. Commissioner for Peace, Carlos Restrepo, suited the magistrates for their links...

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