Colombia Reports
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
The extradition of key paramilitary leaders to the U.S. was "a fatal blow to investigations into parapolitics" and was done in order hide the truth, according to Americas Human Rights Watch (HRW) director Jose Manuel Vivanco.
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 00:00
Paramilitary groups Aguilas Negras and Los Rastrojos have been carrying out selective killings, massacres and attacks on the civilian population in the Norte de Santander department and to lesser extent in other border departments.
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 00:00
Exports to Venezuela will fall to US$1.5 billion in 2010, from more than US$4 billion in 2009, the president of Colombia's Central Bank said Monday. Because of this, the bank expects Colombia's economy to grow less than other countries in the region.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 00:00
There will be no United States military base in Colombia, the country's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez said Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will possibly visit his United States counterpart Barack Obama in the White House
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Monday met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss the pending free trade pact and Plan Colombia
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
By the end of a 45-minute one-on-one conversation, Uribe had gotten what he wanted. He received his first invitation to Washington, effective immediately, and as if that weren't enough, he got Obama to promise to visit Colombia.