Bogota: The Colombian military killed 18 FARC rebels Friday in airstrikes on two guerrilla camps in the east-central province of Meta, Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said. Both camps were located in a rural area...
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Colombian governor Luis Francisco Cuellar was found dead after he was kidnapped from his house on Monday. Luis Francisco Cuellar was the governor southern Caqueta province in Colombia. His body was found with several bullet wounds, and explosives strapped to his body....
DEA arrests allege link between drug cartels and al-Qaeda. Three alleged al-Qaeda associates were apprehended in West Africa by DEA Agents and extradited to the Southern District of New York where they face drug...
" BOGOTA: Eight Colombian soldiers have been killed in a clash with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the northeastern Perija mountains on the Venezuelan border. "Unfortunately eight military officers died today in the province...
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"For several decades Colombian civilians have been caught in the midst of a cocaine and oil-fuelled conflict. Government forces, paramilitary soldiers and various guerrilla groups have been fighting to control the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In the following translation of an interview with Telesur Vice President Aram Aharoni, some revelations of the inside situation and future of the Latin American satellite channel are unveiled....
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Despite government warning, Colombians have felt pray of a massive fraud. "DRFE Company, a fictitious firm promoting the savings scheme that disappeared overnight along with all its clients' money". In...
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" $6bn US aid plan for Colombia has failed to reach its target of halving drug production in the Andean country, a Congressional report says. Despite record aerial eradication, coca cultivation in Colombia rose by 15% between 2000 and 2006, the report says. But the US...
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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...
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Caracas, Venezuela, 26 October 2008. Colombian sources have confirmed that Conservative MP, Oscar Tulio Lizcano, has been liberated today by the Colombian Army and Police forces. His release took place at the...
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" 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...
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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,...
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