Juan Forero
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
He was ineligible, U.S. officials told him, under the "terrorist activities" section of the USA Patriot Act.
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00
This time, the president's plans went badly awry, exposing mounting national opposition to a policy under which oil companies, supermarkets and factories have been taken over by the state.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
The verdict this week was a milestone: A distant court affiliated with the Washington-based Organization of American States held the Colombian government responsible for the 1994 assassination of a prominent senator.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Meneses, head of the Yarumal police force in 1994, had publicly recounted how he and Uribe planned killings.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
Santos's victory was seen as a strong endorsement of Uribe's policies, which centered on making a revamped army more offensive-minded.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
He spoke flawless Cofan, and no one dwelled on his unusual background: an American born to missionaries who grew up to become the Cofan's most prominent, influential leader.
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:00
For 30 years, Giraldo has been investigating some of the most heinous human rights abuses committed during Colombia's shadowy war and blaming those he says are responsible.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 00:00
He wears an Amish-style beard, quotes Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Mockus is also hard to pin down ideologically
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 00:00
Now a former police major, Juan Carlos Meneses, has alleged that Uribe's younger brother, Santiago Uribe, led a fearsome paramilitary group in the 1990s in this northern town that killed petty thieves, guerrilla sympathizers and suspected subversives.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 00:00
Documents seized from two subversive groups, along with information provided by former Colombian guerrillas, suggest that Venezuela facilitated training sessions here between the FARC and ETA