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Finally U.S. politicians have understood that the War on Drugs and by extension Plan Colombia has failed. As it was to be expected the Colombian government swiftly refuted this view. Paradoxically both views are right to some extent depending of the...
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The Colombian government Thursday authorized the Catholic Church to begin direct negotiations with the FARC over the liberation of hostages.
Monsignor Dario Castrillon...
made popular Nov 27 2009
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday declared that his country will not retaliate with war threats against Venezuela, his only aim being to defeat terrorism in...
made popular Nov 21 2009
Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours.
Soldiers...
made popular Nov 20 2009
Colombia’s fight against drug trafficking is failing and needs new proposals and UN guidance, declared former Colombian Foreign Minister Rodrigo Pardo...
made popular Nov 19 2009
A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations.
National Guard Gen....
made popular Nov 17 2009
The chief of Colombia’s secret police says a mob assaulted three of its agents as they tried to arrest a suspect with alleged guerrilla ties.
DAS intelligence...
made popular Nov 16 2009
Colombian stocks and bonds will fall if market-friendly President Alvaro Uribe is barred by the courts from running for a third term next year, a ruling that would...
made popular Nov 14 2009
Venezuela on Thursday warned that the United States is aiming for a bigger military role in South America through an agreement with Colombia for expanded use of its...
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The referendum needed for a second re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is on the verge of collapse after the country’s Electoral Council ruled that...
made popular Nov 13 2009
Venezuela and Colombia differences won’t reach extreme situations and both neighbors will end up finding a way out through dialogue, says Nelson Jobim, the...
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Seven FARC rebels and four government soldiers were killed in separate engagements in southwestern and eastern Colombia, the military said.
All of the guerrilla losses...
made popular Nov 11 2009
Brazil and the U.S. urged Colombia and Venezuela on Tuesday to talk out their differences after Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez ordered his military to prepare for a...
made popular Nov 11 2009
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela’s military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country’s soldiers should be...
made popular Nov 9 2009
Colombian opposition groups have reacted angrily after details of a controversial military deal with the US were made public.
Under the 10-year deal, the US military...
made popular Nov 6 2009
Fredys Villanueva has abandoned his native Colombia for neighboring Venezuela. But he’s not quite like the hundreds of thousands of Colombians who have fled their...
made popular Nov 5 2009
Two international bridges between Venezuela and Colombia remained closed, as Venezuelan authorities searched for three people and arrested a fourth suspected in the...
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From Nariño to Bogota to Magdalena, armed death squads are once again imposing a brutal brand of justice with worrying tolerance from the authorities. Alvaro Uribe...
made popular Nov 3 2009
In a private ceremony, the American ambassador, William Brownfield, and three Colombian ministers signed an agreement on Friday to expand Washington’s military...
made popular Oct 31 2009
Colombia’s National Planning Council claimed Tuesday that the fight against drugs is lost and the current government’s ‘Democratic Security’...
made popular Oct 28 2009
Colombia is doing better than Venezuela, but still has a long way to go before the country can proudly say it is guaranteeing a freedom of press, prominent journalist...
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