The United States is providing military intelligence to fight paramilitary groups formed from the now-defunct AUC, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. “The most effective strategy against these organizations is intelligence,”…
Read more US providing military intelligence to combat Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups
Panama will close key crossings on its border with Colombia to prevent undocumented migrants from Cuba and Africa entering the country, President Juan Carlos Varela said on Monday. “We’ve taken…
Read more Panama closes border with Colombia to stem migrant flow
US Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated his country’s support for Colombia in the aftermath of a peace deal with leftist rebels during a meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos in…
Read more Kerry reiterates support for post-conflict Colombia
Since a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia came into force on May 15, 2012, exports from Colombia to the US have been cut in half while violence against labor…
Read more No deal is better than a bad deal: 4 years of US-Colombia free trade pact
US and Colombian labor unions said the Colombian government failed to enforce worker protections in a free trade agreement with the United States, raising questions about similar provisions in a…
Read more Unions say Colombia’s not enforcing US trade deal labor standards
Despite alleged pressure from the US protecting pharmaceutical interests, international experts are vehemently defending Colombia’s right to produce a cheaper version of a life-saving drug for cancer. Some 122 lawyers, academics, and…
Read more Experts defend Colombia in battle with Novartis over cheaper cancer drug
Several US non-profits have written a letter to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee, condemning his office’s alleged pressure on Colombia not to challenge…
Read more NGOs condemn US senator for allegedly pressuring Colombia over cancer drug
US President Barack Obama signed into law an expansion of counter-narcotics prosecutors’ power that has alarmed Colombians who fear small coca growers could be extradited. The law seeks the extradition of…
Read more US expands extradition powers, raising fears among Colombia’s coca farmers
A group of fifteen US Congressmen has joined Colombia’s side in a challenge to the prices charged by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis for an expensive cancer drug. The fifteen elected…
Read more 15 US Congressmen support Colombia in its fight with drug giant Novartis
Colombia soccer star Pablo Armero was arrested in Miami Tuesday after being accused of domestic violence. According to the 29-year-old defender’s wife, Armero turned violent after she refused to have…
Read more Colombia’s Pablo Armero arrested in Miami on domestic violence charges
A long running dispute between auto giant General Motors and former GM factory workers in Bogota heated up again at the company’s annual meeting in Detroit, when a shareholder publicly urged…
Read more General Motors CEO pressed on fate of Colombia factory workers
A group of 51 United States Congressmen urged Colombia’s government and ELN rebels to continue pursuing peace, while calling on the government to adequately address “paramilitary-style” groups that have become an…
Read more US congressmen urge Colombia to seek peace with ELN, deal with ‘paramilitary-like groups’
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday expressed his country’s solidarity with the victims of a mass shooting at an Orlando, FL gay club that killed 50 people. Santos took to…
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Three Colombian citizens were injured in the Orlando night club shooting, United States authorities announced Monday. One of the injured Colombians is a barman at the Pulse gay night club where…
The United States’ envoy will join his European counterpart, UN chief Ban-Ki Moon and five Latin American presidents to take part in Thursday’s signing of a bilateral ceasefire between Colombia’s…
Read more US to take part in Colombia ceasefire ceremony in Cuba
United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday celebrated a bilateral ceasefire ending 52 years of violence between the state and FARC rebels and called on the international community to…
Read more US celebrates ceasefire in Colombia
Italian, Colombian and U.S. police have seized 11 metric tons of cocaine and arrested 33 people from a mafia-linked ring which refined the drug in the jungles of Colombia and…
Read more Colombia, Italy, US seize 11 tons of cocaine, arrest 33 people
US President Barack Obama on Sunday expressed confidence that his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos will be able to secure peace in the South American country. Obama did so while…
The former chief executive of Kit Digital Inc was extradited on Thursday from Colombia to face US charges that he engaged in a wide-ranging market manipulation and accounting fraud scheme…
Read more Ex-Kit Digital CEO extradited from Colombia to face US fraud case
The United States issued a security warning for Colombia where an ongoing truckers strike has raised tensions across the South American country. The alert urged US citizens on Friday to avoid…
Read more US issues security warning over Colombia truckers strike
