BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them ...
In Latin America, voters granting leaders more time in office to effect real change Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded ...
Colombia's Uribe changes tack on release of police and military hostages held by rebels President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday it is dropping a demand that Colombia's main rebel group release all its police and military hostages at once, possibly opening the ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe agreed on Saturday to rebel demands that they be allowed to free hostages one at a time rather than all at once, a reversal in government policy that could speed up releases. The Revolutionary Armed ...
US-allied Colombian government to dismantle scandal-plagued domestic intelligence agency After a wiretapping scandal, Colombia's domestic spy department will be dismantled and a new agency will be set up to focus on intelligence and counterintelligence work involving national security, the nation's spy chief ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Human rights activists in Colombia are being persecuted and subjected to arbitrary arrest by state security agents, Margaret Sekaggya, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights defenders, said on Friday. Victims also blame leftist guerrillas and other armed groups for ...
Colombia's president signs law calling for constitutional referendum on allowing third term President Alvaro Uribe signed legislation Tuesday calling for a national referendum on amending the constitution to allow him to seek re-election for a second time. With Uribe's signature following passage ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday signed a bill calling for a referendum to ask voters if they want to change the constitution to allow the popular U.S. ally to run for a third term next year. Uribe has ...
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has cleared a major hurdle to serving a third consecutive term, after lawmakers approved holding a referendum that would allow him to stand for re-election. The move, which came just minutes before midnight (0500 GMT Wednesday), must still ...
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has cleared another hurdle to running for a third consecutive term after lawmakers approved a bill that would allow him to stand for re-election in May. The move, which came just minutes before midnight (0500 GMT Wednesday), must ...
Colombian representatives approved a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform that would allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third consecutive term. The move by the House of Representatives, which came just minutes before midnight (0500 GMT Wednesday), must still be ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at allowing President Alvaro Uribe to seek a third consecutive term if the conservative U.S. ally chooses to run for re-election next May. Uribe, popular for his U.S.-backed campaign against leftist ...
