Conflict
Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 00:00
In mid-March, the Ohio-based banana company Chiquita Brands admitted to paying $1.7 million to Colombian right-wing death squads who have killed thousands, including union organizers.
Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 00:00
On July 12, many members of Congress received a fax from the Colombian Embassy
<br />offering “information about the Justice and Peace Law recently passed by the Colombian
<br />Congress.” We have posted a PDF copy of the letter to our website at
<br />www.ciponline.org/colombia/050712emba.pdf.
<br />This new law, which will govern the demobilization of as many as 15,000 paramilitary
<br />fighters, is highly controversial.
Friday, July 1, 2005 - 00:00
Para el Gobierno colombiano la amenaza de la extradicion es su as bajo la manga, asi que podria aprovechar plenamente esa ventaja en las negociaciones con las auc y sacar concesiones de los lideres de las autodefensas.
Friday, July 1, 2005 - 00:00
Why a weak peace agreement with Colombian paramilitary groups may be worse than no agreement at all.
Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 00:00
La politica estadounidense hacia Colombia refleja, aunque de forma desigual, las prioridades de ambos partidos.
Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 00:00
Un ano y pico antes de las elecciones colombianas, el presidente Uribe sigue tan popular en las encuestas como sus probables opositores, o estan esperando que la Corte Constitucional bloquee su reeleccion, o simplemente tienen su verdadera mirada fija en
Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 00:00
A bit more than a year before the Colombian presidential elections, President Uribe is doing so well in the polls that his likely opponents are either hoping that the Constitutional Court blocks his re-election, or they simply have their gaze truly fixed
Sunday, August 1, 2004 - 00:00
Here in the United States, nearly all the members of Congress, NGOs and journalists who normally pay attention to Colombia are distracted by the presidential campaign and the never-ending flow of bad news from Iraq.
Saturday, March 1, 2003 - 00:00
More than three years of frustrating negotiations had come to nothing.
That morning, an elite unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — FARC), the larger of two leftist insurgent groups active in
Tuesday, April 2, 2002 - 00:00
With peace talks broken down, Colombia has plunged into all-out war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), one of the world's largest and most brutal insurgencies. Washington's response is a bipartisan rush to offer "counterterror&qu