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Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. Complete Story...
Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16 years after his father's death.
A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit — and Viagra.
A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations.
A federal court in Birmingham has dismissed a lawsuit against Drummond Company Inc. but is allowing plaintiffs in another case to amend their complaint claiming the company funded a paramilitary group allegedly responsible for dozens of killings in Colombia.
Colombian authorities say they have seized $19 million in forged U.S. currency so far this year, five times the amount confiscated last year.
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.
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 ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.
After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.
Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.
A prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez accused the socialist leader's government on Wednesday of turning a blind eye to leftist Colombian rebels taking refuge in border areas of Venezuela.
Two soldiers in Venezuela's National Guard have been shot to death near the border with Colombia.
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is leading a delegation of government leaders on an economic development trip to Colombia.
Venezuela has captured two Colombian spies and will put them on trail for conducting espionage within its territory, President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday.
A Colombian man with links to a pyramid scheme that bilked Colombians out of hundreds of millions of dollars was deported by Venezuela on Thursday to the United States, where he is wanted on money-laundering charges.
Colombia's acting chief prosecutor is reopening a preliminary investigation into Vice President Francisco Santos over meetings the politician held with far-right militia leaders as a journalist.
The mayor of a Colombian provincial capital says he's canceling a January concert by the Puerto Rican band Calle 13 over a T-shirt worn by its lead singer.
A senior prosecutor says more than 27,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Colombia since the late 1980s — at least 75 percent by illegal far-right militias.
A Colombian radio journalist famed for broadcasting relatives' messages to kidnap victims says he's leaving the country because of an apparent attempt on his life.
Machine gun-firing rebels on motorbikes attacked a prison Wednesday, springing a guerrilla commander charged with kidnapping two journalists on assignment for the Los Angeles Times.
Colombian authorities say a gunman on horseback killed a town councilman and wounded an 11-year-old boy in the country's southeast.
A judge has found two Colombian air force pilots guilty of murder and sentenced them to 31 years in prison each for the 1998 cluster-bombing of a village that killed 17 people.
The chief prosecutor's office said Friday it has unearthed the remains of 17 peasants tortured and killed at a ranch that belonged to the since-slain, far-right militia leader Carlos Castano in Colombia's northwest.
The Colombian Supreme Court has denied a U.S. request to extradite a rebel commander accused of ordering the 12-day kidnapping in 2003 of two journalists on assignment for The Los Angeles Times.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasingly shifting toward an authoritarian regime.
Maximum Security Alert for Colombia's BordersColombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva has issued a maximum security alert along the Colombian-Venezuelan border after a meeting today with Colombia's national security council.
Key ingredient in new 'love dessert'? ViagraA Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit - and Viagra. One of the creators says the idea was to reinterpret the blue pill into a new kind of aphrodisiac.
Key ingredient in new 'love dessert'? ViagraA Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit - and Viagra. One of the creators says the idea was to reinterpret the blue pill into a new kind of aphrodisiac.
Official US Air Force Document Reveals the True Intentions Behind the US-Colombia Military AgreementAn official document from the Department of the US Air Force reveals that the military base in Palanquero, Colombia will provide the Pentagon with "…an opportunity for conducting full spectrum operations throughout South America…" This information contradicts the explaina …
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian GenocideHC re Gaza: "The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly ...What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians."
UK's John Pilger: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama planning new war in Latin America The Nobel Peace Prize-winner's latest war is largely secret. On 15 July, Washington finalised a deal with Colombia that gives the US seven giant military bases. "to make Colombia a regional hub for Pentagon operations".
Interview with Colombian HitmenDuring our time with the hit men they offered a fascinating insight into their violent world -- from how much they get paid to what their mothers think of their lifestyle:
Power vacuum fuels vicious drug war" A young man with tattoos covering one arm rolls hundreds of marijuana joints in the half-light of a shack, perched on a hillside in a Medellin slum.
South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race? | csmonitor.comVenezuela's Chavez recently bought tanks and missiles from Russia. Several South American countries - including Brazil, Colombia and Chile - are increasing their defense spending in a region that faces no external threats.
Latin American Drug Cartels Penetrate West AfricaLatin American drug cartels have crossed the Atlantic Ocean seeking to expand their share of the drug market into West Africa.
Colombian hitman: 2,500 paramilitary in Venezuela with goal of 'taking down' ChavezThe man, who is reportedly in the custody of Venezuelan officials, said the bounty was offered by Manuel Rosales, Chavez's most prominent political foe, during a secret meeting 10 years ago.
Obama on foreign policy: Train wreck coming, says FrumObama on foreign policy: IRAN. Averting its eyes from the rigging of the presidential election and the suppression of dissent, the Obama administration will begin mid-level talks with Iran on Oct. 1.
Colombia exporting paramilitaries to HondurasColombian illegal armed groups are recruiting demobilized paramilitaries to work as mercenaries in Honduras, several Colombian media reported Monday.
Venezuela: Chavez's Deadly Star Turn In Venice; Investor's Business DailySee, Hugo's a movie star now, with Stone creating a propaganda film in his honor, just as Leni Riefenstahl did for Adolf Hitler.
Police: Bombs tied to donkeys kill 2, wound 6Colombian leftist guerrillas exploded bombs strapped to two donkeys, killing two workers who were clearing illicit drug crops and wounding six soldiers, police said Friday.
DAS worked together with paramilitaries, former official repeatsThe former ICT director of Colombia's intelligence service DAS confirmed a leaked testimony wherein he alleged that the DAS was engaged in drug trafficking by paramilitary organization AUC and wiretapping government critics.
Latin America Gangs Up On Colombia; Chavez gloatsColombia now finds itself in exactly the state of isolation that Chávez warned would result at the UNASUR meeting.
Colombia Congress OKs referendum on caudillo Uribe seeking reelection Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has cleared the last legislative hurdle to running for a third term, a prospect that his U.S. allies look upon with ambivalence.
Venezuelan "Peace Bases" to Counter U.S. Military Buildup in Colombia with Binational ReconciliationIn a movement to counter the expansion of the United States military presence on Colombian bases, Colombian and Venezuelan civil society organizations and government officials are collaborating to organize spaces of binational reconciliation called "peace bases."
Colombia stands isolated at UNASUR meetingDespite the fact that countries like Paraguay and Chile claim to respect Colombia's right to make its own decisions, not one of the South American presidents -- speaking at the UNASUR summit in Argentina -- supports Colombia's decision to allow the U.S.
Chavez's Covert War Venezuela's strongman Hugo Chávez recently warned that the "winds of war" were blowing in South America, and called on his military to "prepare for combat" against neighboring Colombia, a U.S. ally.
Anti-American Amigos - Chavez and his buddies threaten warHugo Chávez took a break last week from lobbying Washington on behalf of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to travel to Quito, Ecuador, for a meeting of South American heads of state.
Diplomat: Iran opposes US base deal for ColombiaIran's foreign minister said Wednesday that his country opposes an impending deal to expand the U.S.
Eva Golinger: U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational MercenariesFor the year 2009 the State Department of the United States will invest approximately $520 million in Plan Colombia.
Opinion: Chávez's circus. by Alexander Cambero. Thursday August 06, 2009A devastating criticism of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. This government is sustained by the oil income and blackmail. It is leadership built upon a big farce, which buys consciences and grinds the dreams of million Venezuelans.
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