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It appears a southern governor kidnapped by presumed leftist rebels on his birthday had his throat slashed within a few hours of the abduction, a Colombian investigator said Wednesday.
A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations.
President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday it is dropping a demand that Colombia's main rebel group release all its police and military hostages at once, possibly opening the way for negotiations.
After a wiretapping scandal, Colombia's domestic spy department will be dismantled and a new agency will be set up to focus on intelligence and counterintelligence work involving national security, the nation's spy chief said Friday.
President Alvaro Uribe signed legislation Tuesday calling for a national referendum on amending the constitution to allow him to seek re-election for a second time.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is still recovering from the swine flu, and now his defense minister is showing some symptoms of the illness, officials said Monday.
President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials have contacted other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday.
President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday.
South American presidents wrangled for hours Friday over a pending deal to expand the U.S. troop presence in Colombia, closing their meeting with a statement that foreign troops should not be allowed to threaten any of the region's nations.
Colombia's Senate voted late Wednesday to pass a bill calling for a referendum on whether to change the constitution to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has said almost nothing in public about his meetings with South American presidents this week in response to fears that the U.S. military could become too powerful on the continent if given long-term leases on Colombian bases.
At least eight former officials of Colombia's domestic intelligence agency surrendered on Friday to face criminal charges for allegedly spying illegally on opponents of President Alvaro Uribe including judges, journalists and human rights workers.
President Alvaro Uribe delivered reparations totaling nearly $1 million on Sunday to 279 victims of Colombia's long-running conflict.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he will allow an opposition senator to accompany the release of hostages held by FARC rebels.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe says it would be "inappropriate" for him to seek a third consecutive term.
Colombian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a proposal for voters to decide in a referendum whether to change the constitution and let President Alvaro Uribe seek a third term.
Colombia's defense minister resigned on Monday, saying he will launch a presidential bid if current President Alvaro Uribe decides not to seek a third term.
Colombia's senate has delayed a vote on scheduling a referendum that could let President Alvaro Uribe seek a third term.
Colombian authorities have arrested a senator closely allied with President Alvaro Uribe for alleged collusion with illegal far-right militias.
President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombia's largest rebel group to agree to a proposed cease-fire with the U.S.-backed government of Alvaro Uribe.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday that he won't stand in the way of a close ally in next year's election, despite efforts by his backers to amend the constitution to let him seek a third term.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is offering up to $2 million each for the capture of four of the country's top suspected drug traffickers.
President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday that he has ordered a halt to wiretapping by Colombia's domestic intelligence agency as the fallout from an eavesdropping scandal prompted a fourth agency official to resign.
The last known politician held hostage by Colombia's main leftist insurgency was airlifted to freedom Thursday after six years in captivity.
Will Somebody Please Topple "Constitutionally Succeed" Alvaro Uribe (dictator 4 life)Well this is quite a little conundrum for the right-wing, itn't? Looks like Alvaro Uribe's plan for four more years is moving along just fine, term limit controversies be damned.
Gunmen murder 5 kids, 7 others in ColombiaHooded men in uniforms without insignias on Wednesday shot and killed 12 members of the Awa indigenous group on a reserve in a region plagued by the cocaine trade, authorities said.
Chavez freezes diplomacy with ColombiaPresident Hugo Chavez recalled Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia and froze diplomatic relations with the neighboring country Tuesday.
Colombian Congress Clears a Hurdle for Uribe's ReelectionEarlier this week, Colombian lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a controversial referendum bill that paves the way for President Álvaro Uribe to seek a third consecutive term in office.
Rebels vow to free army corporal after 11 yearsColombia's largest rebel group promised on Thursday to release an army corporal kidnapped 11 years ago in a hostage case made famous by his dad, who walked across Colombia.
Colombia extradites reputed top narco kingpinColombia extradited reputed cocaine kingpin Miguel Angel Mejia on Wednesday, making him the 16th paramilitary warlord dispatched to the United States on drug trafficking charges in less than a year.
Bush gives Uribe, Blair, Howard high honorsThe president is giving the nation's highest civilian award to three foreign leaders who have been among his most loyal partners on the world stage, particularly in the Iraq war.
Colombia war data 'unbelievable'Colombian government figures on the number of guerrillas killed, captured or surrendered are vastly exaggerated, a human rights group says. Codhes, a respected Colombian NGO, analysed the statistics of recent successes claimed by the armed forces in the 44-year civil conflict.
Colombian president says Mexico will win drug warColombian president Alvaro Uribe predicted that Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon's controversial efforts to combat the increasingly violent drug war that is wracking his nation would be successful.
Colombia's indigenous uprising | SocialistWorker.orgON OCTOBER 13--516 years to the day that First Nation originarios discovered Christopher Columbus--some 12,000 indigenous Colombians marched onto the Pan-American Highway in Cauca and refused to lift their blockade until their demands for land, liberty and life were met by the st …
Colombian intelligence chief steps down amid spy scandalThe head of Colombia's intelligence services, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, has resigned after admitting that her agents spied on left-wing political opponents of the country's President Alvaro Uribe.
Palin's U.N. Schedule Adds Visit With Colombian PresidentForeign leaders will converge on Manhattan next week for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, offering Palin an opportunity to meet with multiple heads of state on the same day.
Poor access to justice in Colombia, says lawyers groupBetween 1996 and 2006, 125 lawyers were murdered in Colombia, according to the organization. In 2004, 24 lawyers were killed in the southeastern city of Cali — three of them in front of the Palace of Justice — without any charges being brought.
Unearthing Secrets of Colombia's Long WarA team of forensic anthropologists painstakingly dug up the bodies -- two from the town's decaying mausoleum, others from the moist earth in the cemetery, a couple from a field nearby. The preferred method of death: a single gunshot to the head.
Oh Brother! Colombian gov't hit by family scandalsColombia's justice minister is resisting pressure to resign over charges that his brother colluded with drug smugglers in the latest family scandal to rock the government of the world's top cocaine producing country.
How to look good when you're dodging bulletsAccording to Harrods, King Abdullah of Jordan, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the American actor Steven Seagal are among those who wear Caballero's designs.
Colombia Further Degrades Hostage Rescue: Now Admits that Operatives also Posed as JournalistsTwo people who helped rescue 15 hostages from Colombian rebels posed as journalists from a real Colombian television news organization, Colombia's defense minister said Wednesday.
The field narrows for e-books As Microsoft backs away from digitizing old texts, some worry that a single company could privatize world knowledge.
Colombia | Gracias and good night | Economist.comNLY those blinded by ideology would deny that Álvaro Uribe has made Colombia a better place.
Colombia | The end of illusion and the last guerrilla | Economist.comSIX years ago, Colombians elected Álvaro Uribe as president because he pledged to beef up the security forces to defend a democracy under murderous assault from left-wing guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries.
INTERPOL: In Colombia 3 + 3 = 8I have just finished reading INTERPOL's report on the computers that the government of Colombia says it found in an encampment of the FARC-EP on March 1. Reading the report I am once again fascinated with what experts can do with computers.
Interpol's Report Confirms that the Supposed FARC Computers Were ManipulatedThe most important is that the report itself acknowledges in its "Finding 2b" (Page 30) that the Colombian authorities manipulated the computers and storage devices and that "Access to the data contained in the eight FARC computer exhibits...did not conform to internationally rec …
Twenty-one Latin America scholars: Media Continues to Treat Unsubstantiated Allegations on Chavez-FARC Documents as FactsOn April 25, twenty-one Latin America scholars released this letter (reprinted below) to the media with regard to the documents allegedly recovered from a laptop captured from Colombian guerrillas.
Colombian President Uribe under Probe over Involvement in 1997 Paramilitary Massacre PlanningColombian President Alvaro Uribe denied Wednesday charges he helped plan a 1997 massacre by right-wing paramilitaries, while confirming that his role was being examined in an official investigation.
Colombian President Uribe's Second Cousin, ex-Senator, Arrested for Ties to Right Wing Terror GroupsColombian President Alvaro Uribe's second cousin, ex-Senator Mario Uribe Escobar, was arrested Tuesday after Costa Rica denied his request for asylum, a witness said.
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