English
Monday, December 17, 2007 - 00:00
Indigenous people in Colombia today are elected to office as legislators, governors, mayors and city councillors. But their communities continue to be seen as marginal
Monday, December 17, 2007 - 00:00
Yolanda Pulecio's relentless campaign to release her daughter and others kidnapped by rebels in Colombia has made her an international goodwill ambassador
Monday, December 17, 2007 - 00:00
The presidents of Brazil, Bolivia and Chile have agreed to build a highway by 2009 that will link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America
Monday, December 17, 2007 - 00:00
While it has offered rhetorical support for the antiterrorism law, the Bush Administration remains cautious about more direct intervention
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
Here is some background on the hostage situation
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
Though some opposition groups have criticized the government's hard-line crime-fighting tactics, the bottom line is that Colombia has become a much safer place over the past five years
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
Thus Plan Colombia Phase II, instead of helping to solve the conflict and bring peace to the country, comes as a war plan that will strengthen the dynamics of the conflict, with ever more blatant intervention by the United States
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
The White House and Congress seem headed for a confrontation over trade deals with Colombia and South Korea next year, as the U.S. presidential campaign heats up and labor groups dig in their heels
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
Hoffa suggested that Bush should have vetoed a free-trade agreement with Peru and instead should have signed a bill to provide health care for children
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
The millions of people displaced by the armed conflict are among the poorest in Colombia, according to a study by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Food Programme (WFP)