By Admin Friday, September 3, 2010
BOGOTA - Colombian, U.S. and Honduran naval forces started joint anti-drug trafficking military exercises Tuesday. The three-day drills are being carried out by the Colombian National Army, the Honduran patrol ship “Tegucigalpa” and the U.S. Coast Guard vessel “Escanaba” on the Colombian island of San Andres.
COLOMBIA – US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights RecordBy Admin Friday, September 3, 2010
WASHINGTON, (IPS) – As a new administration takes over in Bogotá, some groups are hoping for change in the human rights record of Colombia – and that the U.S. will use its clout in the country to ensure that change occurs.
At some point in September, the U.S. State Department will likely certify that Colombia is meeting the human rights conditions required for receiving some of the military aid provided by the U.S. But in the year since the last certification numerous human rights violations have occurred in the country, Colombian and U.S. NGOs said in a statement issued Monday.
Obama downshifts American imperialism in ColombiaBy Admin Friday, September 3, 2010
An argument can be made that the U.S. owes a national “morality debt” of diplomatic reparations for centuries of state-sponsored terrorism and deplorable interventionism in and around the Republic of Colombia. Numerous “banana republics” joined Colombia, resulting from 500 years of “gun-point capitalism” fueled by the U.S. State department at the behest of multi-national corporate interests. Since the arrival of Christopher Columbus, after whom Colombia takes its name, an utter disregard for the democratic interests of Latin American citizens has been the only constant down through history.
Police search for Cabanas shooter in ColombiaBy Admin Friday, September 3, 2010
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian police are searching for a Mexican fugitive wanted for the shooting in January of Paraguay soccer player Salvador Cabanas, a senior officer said on Thursday.
Finding Jose Jorge “JJ” Balderas, whom a drugs lord captured in Mexico this week identified as the shooter, was a priority, Judicial Police chief Carlos Mena said.
A veteran rock-and-roll manager returns to spotlight - in South AmericaBy Admin Thursday, September 2, 2010
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - He was once one of London’s best-known ‘60s-era rogues, dressed flamboyantly, spinning around town in a Mini Cooper and using a bodyguard known as “the butcher” to threaten his rivals.
Girl dies of injuries from Colombian plane crashBy Admin Thursday, September 2, 2010
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An 11-year-old girl injured when a jetliner carrying 131 people crashed on Colombia’s San Andres Island last month has died, raising the accident’s death toll to two.
Carlos Hernandez, deputy scientific director at Simon Bolivar Hospital in Bogota, says Maria Camila Angarita could not recover from multiple head traumas and died Wednesday.
Five Colombian police killed by suspected Farc bombBy Admin Thursday, September 2, 2010
Five police officers have been killed and three injured by a roadside bomb in the Colombian state of Caqueta, acting Governor Edilberto Endo said.
The policemen were driving along a highway when a bomb exploded and set their car on fire.
Brazil, Colombia agree to work on regional stabilityBy Admin Thursday, September 2, 2010
Brazil and Colombia signed cooperation agreements Wednesday to strengthen overall unity and regional stability during Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’s first official visit to Brazil.
The agreements also aim to deepen cooperation between the two countries in economy, technology, environment and security.
Mexican Drug Trafficker “La Barbie” Linked To Arrests In ColombiaBy Admin Thursday, September 2, 2010
Top Story — Two days after the arrest of Mexican drug figure Edgar Valdéz Villarreal, also known as “La Barbie,” more news has come to light about his alleged links to drug traffickers in Colombia.
Colombian police arrested 11 people allegedly linked to Valdez Villarreal in cities of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, Buenaventura and Pereira as part of the 18-month long Operation Gulf.
By Admin Wednesday, September 1, 2010
MEXICO CITY – Accused drug cartel kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal was presented to the public Tuesday, smirking as he stood before the cameras, a top prize in Mexico’s drug war after a 15-month manhunt involving U.S. authorities.
