Duque woos investors while in US
Once the ceremonial meetings with United States government officials were over, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque was able to turn his attention to an agenda where he might have some influence: effort to...
View ArticleUS policy undermines Colombia’s road to peace; Venezuela media stunt doesn’t...
Colombia is just a pawn in the US-led offensive for regime change in Venezuela. And what the US is doing to Colombia is undermining the country’s only viable path to a safer and more prosperous future....
View ArticlePence to visit Colombia Monday to heighten pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro
In an escalation of US pressure on Venezuela, Vice President Mike Pence will be in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro. The White House released a...
View ArticleUS approves extradition of Colombia’s former agriculture minister
The United States government has approved the extradition of Colombia’s fugitive agriculture minister who fled the country ahead of a 17-year corruption sentence. The State Department rejected the...
View ArticleBribery charges make FARC leader’s extradition case even weirder
Colombia’s prosecution arrested two politicians and a prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal on bribery charges on Friday, claiming they sought to “influence” the extradition case of an important former...
View ArticleIs the DEA trying to undermine Colombia’s war crimes tribunal?
Colombia’s prosecution on Tuesday confirmed reports that the US government requested an investigation of a prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office,...
View ArticleUS supports Duque’s latest attempt to sink Colombia’s war crimes tribunal
The United States ambassador dealt another major blow to Colombia’s peace process on Monday, stating his government supports Colombian President Ivan Duque’s latest attempt to sink a war crimes...
View ArticleWhy is the US shooting itself in the foot in Colombia?
Why is the US government doing all it can in Colombia to undermine the interests of the United States? That is neither a rhetorical question nor a typo. It’s what is happening as a consequence of the...
View ArticleFresh attacks by Colombian, US officials after Russian military aircraft land...
The governments of Colombia and the United States renewed their verbal attack on Russia’s dispatch of two military planes to Venezuela a month after US Air Force planes landed in Colombia. The war of...
View ArticleDrug trafficking from Colombia up since Duque took office: Trump
US President Donald Trump trashed his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque on Friday, undermining the already weak position of the pro-American president of Washington’s staunchest ally in Latin America....
View ArticleHow Colombia’s counternarcotics efforts lost effect since Duque took office
Colombia’s foreign minister on Saturday was forced to reveal statistics that indicate that the administration of Ivan Duque is failing on almost all fronts to reduce drug trafficking. Foreign Minister...
View ArticlePompeo calls Duque to soothe Colombia’s president after Trump’s dump?
The United States’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a phone call with President Ivan Duque Monday in what could be an effort to smooth over US-Colombian relations after a surprise attack on Duque by...
View ArticleUS “pressuring” lawmakers in opposition to Colombia’s war crimes tribunal
Members of Colombia’s congress are concerned about the United States ambassador’s alleged attempts to frustrate the country’s war crimes tribunal. During a breakfast organized by the US embassy on...
View ArticleTrump and Duque clash over Colombia’s drug trade
United States President Donald Trump clashed with his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque for the second time in a month over failures in the countries’ counternarcotics efforts. While at an event in...
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Top officials from Colombia and US meet in secret to discuss possible...
Top Colombia diplomats were among several dozen US and Latin American senior officials who attended a confidential meeting in Washington DC last week to discuss possible military action in Venezuela....
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Colombia will make “all necessary efforts” to oust Venezuela’s government,...
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque praised United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for “making all necessary efforts” to force regime change in neighboring Venezuela. The visit took place only days...
View ArticleUS ambassador threatened aid cut if Colombia’s congress backs war crimes...
United States ambassador Kevin Whitaker has threatened to cut aid to Colombia unless the powers of the country’s war crimes tribunal are curtailed, according to newspaper El Espectador. The newspaper...
View ArticleColombia’s opposition rejects US ambassador’s “meddling in domestic affairs”
Colombia’s opposition parties on Wednesday fiercely condemned the “meddling in domestic political affairs” of United States ambassador Kevin Whitaker. The fierce condemnation came after the US embassy...
View ArticleUS congressmen visit Colombia to talk Venezuela, drugs and trade
Ten United States congressmen traveled to Colombia on Wednesday to meet with President Ivan Duque to discuss counter-narcotics efforts and business, but primarily Venezuela. The followed clashes...
View ArticleWhy Colombia’s war crimes tribunal rejected a US extradition request and...
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal ordered the immediate release of a FARC leader on Wednesday, citing a lack of evidence and “serious irregularities” in due process. The ruling also denied an extradition...
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