Patrick Markey
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:00
The front-runner in early polls is Uribe's former defense minister, Juan Manuel Santos, and he is closely associated with Uribe's security drive.
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 00:00
Uribe's former defense minister -- who also held the finance portfolio in a previous government - is closely associated with the U.S.-backed security policies that have made Uribe the nation's most popular president.
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 00:00
The ruling dashed hopes that the the man many Colombians credit for pulling the country back from the brink could serve again.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 00:00
Protests, patient fury and charges of mismanagement over Colombian health service reforms are threatening to dent President Alvaro Uribe's popularity.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 00:00
A final decision on President Alvaro Uribe's bid to seek re-election, results of legislative elections and tensions on the border with Venezuela are all points to watch.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 00:00
Should Uribe run, 46 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for him, followed by former Medellin mayor Sergio Fajardo and leftist candidate Gustavo Petro, each with 9 percent approval.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 00:00
Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime visited Armenia in Colombia's coffee region, where a decade ago an earthquake killed at least 1,200 people
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia on Wednesday demanded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government clarify whether it tolerated support for terrorist organizations after Colombia's leftist rebels were lauded at a forum in Caracas.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe accused Venezuela on Wednesday of imposing an illegal trade blockade similar to the U.S. embargo on Cuba after his Andean neighbor said Colombia was engaged in "psychological war"
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia and Venezuela are caught up in a diplomatic dispute that some are calling the "Cold War" of the Andes