Chris Kraul
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 00:00
Human rights groups say extrajudicial killings by the army and police have risen, with at least 329 last year. Officials acknowledge problems and point to efforts to train troops.
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 00:00
Twelve exhumation teams work across the country in an effort to recover and, they hope, identify the remains of thousands of victims of Colombia's long-running civil war
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Suspected drug shipments from Venezuela to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, rose 44% in the beginning of this year
Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 00:00
For now, Colombia is reaping a windfall. Known for legal exports such as coffee, bananas and oil as well as illegal tonnage of cocaine, it has quietly become a world player in coal
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 00:00
While the nation celebrates the recent rescue of 15 captives, families of 700 others taken by the same rebel group are left waiting
Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 00:00
'We have been disrespected,' President Correa says of Bogota during a radio talk. He declines to follow Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in repairing relations
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 00:00
A third term, despite constitutional hurdles, appears increasingly likely
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
A Colombian government official who asked to remain unnamed said Sunday that authorities suspect Geneva-based Jean Pierre Gontard was the source for the Swiss radio report last week stating that officials paid a ransom
Saturday, July 5, 2008 - 00:00
The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 00:00
The 46-year-old Betancourt, who was held for more than six years, called the rescue operation impeccable and told reporters that she planned to run for the presidency again