Colombia Reports
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 06:46
Civilian organizations from the southwest of Colombia have called for a bilateral ceasefire after five civilians were killed in what appeared a spike in violence following a FARC attack that killed 11 soldiers.According to the local organizations, the five civilians were killed in Suarez, a municipality close to the village where the FARC killed 11 soldiers in what appeared to be a surprise attack on resting members of the military earlier in the week.
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 05:01
The United States should take responsibility for its role in Colombia’s armed conflict, said local rebel group ELN on Sunda
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 05:01
Colombia’s police on Tuesday announced it has arrested seven men believed to be responsible for a recent series of ELN-supported bomb attacks in the capital Bogota.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 06:38
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday began a tour of the country’s military barracks to explain ongoing peace talks with guerrilla group FARC and quell unrest about possible military cuts in the event of peace.
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 05:11
DEA agents in Colombia engaged in sex parties with prostitutes hired by drug traffickers, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 05:03
Thousands of victims of Colombia’s armed conflict now have access to legal justice through a ruling of the Constitutional Court processed days before the unwrapping of the body’s corruption scandal.
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 06:49
The new labeling of the world’s most-popular weed killer as a likely cause of cancer is raising more questions for an aerial spraying program in Colombia that is the cornerstone of the U.S.-backed war on drugs.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:29
U.S. soldiers and military contractors have sexually abused more than 54 children in Colombia between 2003 and 2007, according to a recently released historic document on the country’s conflict. The alleged sex offenders have not been prosecuted due to immunity clauses in bilateral agreements.
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 07:30
Colombia’s foreign minister on Wednesday openly rejected recent U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, calling on Washington and Caracas to talk.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 05:19
Colombia’s foreign minister, together with her counterparts from Brazil and Ecuador, on Tuesday asked Venezuela to permit the Red Cross to visit an imprisoned opposition leader.