US claim FARC leader trafficked drugs lacks evidence: Colombia’s war crimes...
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal wants the United States to surrender evidence that would support a DEA claim that FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” conspired to traffic drugs earlier this year. According to...
View ArticleWhich loose-lipped diplomat leaked Colombia’s alleged plot to topple Maduro?
Colombia’s foreign minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo wants the top diplomat who suggested a military intervention to Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo to resign. He just doesn’t know who it is....
View ArticleTrump snubs Colombia again; cancels December visit
For the second time this year, the United States president has canceled a planned trip to Colombia, which is undergoing a major security crisis after Donald Trump ally Ivan Duque took office. An...
View ArticleI hope they call him to the stand: late Odebrecht witness about Colombia’s...
The late key witness in the Odebrecht scandal told the country’s industry watchdog that he hoped the chief prosecutor would be called to trial for corruption. Jorge Enrique Pizano, the former auditor...
View ArticleCold war superpowers heighten tensions between Colombia and Venezuela
Tensions between Colombia’s right-wing government and Venezuela’s left-wing administration are being heightened by Russia and the United States. The Russians have been sending bombers to Venezuela for...
View ArticleColombia’s largest banking conglomerate to cooperate with US authorities over...
Grupo Aval, Colombia’s largest banking conglomerate, said Tuesday that it will cooperate with US authorities over the bribery practices of its former partner, Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht. In a...
View ArticleUS has no idea what counternarcotics in Colombia actually accomplishes: watchdog
In a scathing rebuke to US antinarcotics policies for Colombia, the government’s chief watchdog agency has concluded that despite a $10 billion investment since 1999, there has been no “comprehensive...
View ArticleColombia’s ambassador asks US judge to release convicted former minister...
Colombia’s ambassador to Washington came under fire again on Wednesday for asking a US judge to release a political ally who is in jail awaiting extradition. The Florida judge denied the request of...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State to visit Colombia next week
The United States’ Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, will visit Colombia on January 2, President Ivan Duque announced Wednesday. Pompeo and Duque will meet in the Caribbean city of Cartagena to discuss...
View ArticleIn depth: Mike Pompeo talks peace, drugs, trade and Venezuela in Colombia
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated his country’s long-standing priorities in Colombia after a meeting with President Ivan Duque on Wednesday. The brief press conference that...
View ArticleCommander of US division that ousted Noriega visits Colombia
The commander of the United States’ Army South, the division that ousted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in 1990, arrived in Colombia amid growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela. General Mark...
View ArticleUS defense secretary won’t rule out sending troops to Colombia
The United States’ acting Defense Secretary, Pat Shanahan, on Tuesday would not rule out sending military forces to Colombia in an attempt to oust Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro....
View ArticleDuque to visit Trump later this month
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque will visit his American counterpart Donald Trump in the middle of February, according to local media. The meeting, expected to take place on February 13 or 14, will come...
View ArticleGovernment ‘obstructed justice’ in FARC leader’s extradition case: Colombia’s...
The government of President Ivan Duque “obstructed justice” by failing to deliver a request for evidence in the case of a FARC leader who the US wants to try on vague drug trafficking charges,...
View ArticleColombia’s foreign minister in Washington for top talks
Colombia’s foreign minister traveled to Washington DC on Monday to meet administration officials, members of congress and international officials over the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleUS denies having received request for evidence in FARC leader’s extradition case
The United States’ ambassador in Colombia on Wednesday denied that his government has received a request to surrender evidence that would merit the extradition of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich.” The US...
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US did receive request for evidence in FARC leader extradition case: report
Contrary to what the United States’ ambassador to Colombia said, the US government did receive a request for evidence relating to the extradition request of a demobilized rebel leader, according to W...
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Colombia’s border becomes center stage in Venezuela crisis
Colombia’s border city Cucuta has become the center stage of a power struggle between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s opposition that is supported by Colombia and the United...
View ArticleUS would be ‘disappointed’ if FARC leader is not extradited: ambassador
The United States ambassador said Monday his government would be “disappointed” if Colombia’s war crimes tribunal bars the extradition of a FARC leader wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges....
View Article“You’ll see” if US will send 5000 troops to Colombia: Trump
US President Donald Trump evaded giving specific answers to questions about the possibility of sending military forces to Colombia while meeting with the country’s president, Ivan Duque, on Wednesday....
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