Patrick Markey
Monday, December 22, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's FARC rebels said they would soon free six hostages from jungle camps in their first hostage gesture since high-profile captive Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans were rescued
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 00:00
Caribbean countries on Monday urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to end the trade embargo Washington has imposed for more than four decades on Cuba
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's top army commander resigned Tuesday after the U.S.-backed military was rocked by charges soldiers killed civilians to present them as combat deaths
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 00:00
Cada vez son mas los combatientes veteranos de las FARC que desertan y se convierten en una vital fuente de informacion para la inteligencia militar para la ubicacion de campamentos, secuestrados y comandantes rebeldes
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia on Wednesday purged 25 army officers after a probe implicated the armed forces in the disappearance and killing of a group of young men whose bodies turned up in mass graves
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 00:00
Forbidden to talk to his rebel captors, a Colombian lawmaker who escaped after eight years as a hostage said on Monday he taught imaginary classes using sticks as his students
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 00:00
DAS security agency director Maria del Pilar Hurtado resigned after a leading opposition lawmaker charged this week that officers had illegally kept tabs on members of his Democratic Pole party
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 00:00
The envoy's remarks were the first signal of how the worldwide credit turmoil could impact the $600 million a year Colombia receives from Washington
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 00:00
While the military may pick off FARC commanders, stamping out the insurgency will be tough as long as guerrillas are engaged in the lucrative cocaine trade
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
Four people were killed and around 20 wounded when a guerrilla car bomb exploded in the Colombian city of Cali