Reuters
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 00:00
Bounty hunters who help nab two leaders of a Maoist rebel group suspected of involvement in Peru's cocaine trade will be given rewards of up to $5 million by the United States.
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
She says that the government, by stripping her of her security detail and not stopping her from making the trip, set her up to be kidnapped.
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
Local media reports have said that Colombia's army is closing in on Cano. His death or capture would give political momentum to President-elect Juan Manuel Santos.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos has invited Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to attend his inauguration in August, local media reported on Wednesday, in a possible sign of warming ties.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
A top Democrat on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to incorporate trade deals with Colombia and Panama into his new push to win congressional approval of a pact with South Korea by early 2011.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Difficult relations between Colombia and its neighbors are one of the top foreign policy challenges facing Juan Manual Santos, Colombia's incoming president-elect.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Prosecutors have charged 18 people in an international money-laundering conspiracy that they said moved millions of dollars of Colombian drug profits through the United States, Colombia, Guatemala, Hungary and other countries.
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 00:00
Alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was extradited to the United States on Thursday, after waiving his right to a trial in Jamaica.
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
Even after Uribe's success in battering Marxist rebels, Santos faces nagging security fears, the region's highest unemployment and a fiscal gap that has kept Latin America's No 4 oil producer from recovering investment grade.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 00:00
Both top contenders are seen continuing with Uribe's pro-business and investment policies in the world's fifth largest coal exporter and third largest coffee shipper.