Venezuela plans military bases for Colombia border

As the Colombian Plan has been declared fruitless by American Congress and paramilitary activities soar, Venezuela states its plans to set a military base near the Colombian border.Oblivious of is...

Plan Colombia misses coca target

" $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...

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...

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...

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,...

Danes who raised money for FARC convicted

" 2008-09-18 13:15:05 - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Danish court has convicted six people of violating an anti-terror law by raising money for Colombian guerrillas and Palestinian militants.  The...

Bolivia: UNASUR to hold emergency Summit at Chile

Caracas, Venezuela, 13 September 2008. The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will hold an emergency Summit at Chile on Monday to discuss the ongoing crisis in Bolivia which threatens its democratic...

US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city

"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...

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...

Colombian paramilitary crisis continues

Today, the leader of Social National Unity Party (NUP), Senator Carlos Garcia Orjuela, was arrested in relation to cases involving right wing paramilitaries. NUP enjoys the majority of seat at Colombian Parliament. Garcia is closely related to President Alavaro...

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...

A shameful Indian torture record

According to a recent report by New Delhi based NGO, ACHR, India has a shameful record of torture activities. According to local Indian newspapers, death in custody in rather alarming. This is a most...

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...

Colombian President Uriber doubts FARC Ivan Marquez death

Caracas, Venezuela, 18 June 2008. Today, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asked for cautious over the news over the recent death of another important leader of the Secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

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