By Admin Thursday, March 11, 2010
BOGOTA – President Alvaro Uribe’s Social Party of National Unity chose former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos as its standard-bearer in Colombia’s May 30 presidential election.
Santos’s nomination became a virtual certainty after a Feb. 26 ruling by the Constitutional Court overturned a law authorizing a referendum on amending the country’s charter to allow Uribe to seek a third consecutive term.
Canadian firm makes new oil discovery in ColombiaBy Admin Thursday, March 11, 2010
Canadian-owned Pacific Rubiales has made a new oil discovery at an exploration well located in Colombia’s Llanos Orientales region, a media report said.
The results are promising and bode well for the field’s future, Pacific Rubiales CEO Ronald Pantin said.
“The exploration campaign continues to produce valuable information that will allow us to understand the region’s geological complexity,” Pantin told the business daily Portafolio.
Colombia attacks FARC through drug networksBy Admin Thursday, March 11, 2010
Colombia’s fight against the FARC increasingly focuses on cutting off the rebels’ funding from narco-trafficking, as police collect new information on the organisation’s drug trading structure.
Colombian police, in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), are now focusing their efforts on the FARC’s seven drug kingpins, El Tiempo reported Monday.
12 Dead, 61 Arrested in Operations Targeting Militias in ColombiaBy Admin Wednesday, March 10, 2010
BOGOTA – The army killed 12 suspected members of the new militias involved in drug trafficking and captured 61 others over the weekend in the northwestern Colombian provinces of Cordoba and Antioquia, the armed forces said.
Virgilio Peralta, a leader of Los Paisas, was among those killed in the fighting between La Perra and Villalobos, located in Cordoba.
Soldiers heard shots, determined where they were coming from and launched an attack with air support, the armed forces said.
“The troops’ effective action led to the surrender of members of the criminal Rastrojos, Paisas and Aguilas Negras gangs,” who were fighting among themselves for control of the area, the armed forces said.
Venezuela linked to terror groupsBy Admin Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Accusations by Spanish authorities that Venezuela aided an alliance between Basque and Colombian terror groups that plotted joint attacks in Colombia and Spain have revived a debate over Venezuela’s possible role as a state sponsor of terrorism.
A Feb. 24 indictment issued by Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain’s anti-terrorism court specifically cites “Venezuelan governmental cooperation” with 12 members of the Basque separatist group ETA and guerrillas of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Perkins: Spiderman Camilo Villegas the new Tiger?By Admin Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Hands up everyone out there who thinks Camilo Villegas is the Next Face of the PGA Tour.
It sounded as if the TV talking heads, NBC division, were almost desperate for the 28-year-old Colombian to be stamped as the sport’s next superstar while he was building his impressive five-shot win in the Honda Classic.
We’ve reached the position that megastars are the selling point for every sport.
Colombia´s Medical Tourism on growth; thanks to highly skilled Plastic SurgeonsBy Admin Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Practice makes a man perfect; this is particularly true when it comes to the medical profession where training and practice allow doctors to perform delicate and difficult surgeries with a high level of perfection. Cosmetic surgery is among the most delicate branches of medicine and Cosmetic Harmony, a medical tourism company in Colombia attributes much of its success to its highly experienced plastic surgeons.
By Admin Saturday, March 6, 2010
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández would meet on Friday night with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe, acting as mediator to improve relations between Colombia and Venezuela, a source from Colombia’s President Office reported.
Fernández will hold a private meeting with Uribe in Bogotá. The Dominican President is scheduled to leave on Saturday, AFP reported.
By Admin Saturday, March 6, 2010
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe suggested on Friday that the accusation made by a Spanish judge related to the alleged cooperation of Venezuelan officials with an alliance between Basque separatist group ETA and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to assassinate in Spain top Colombian officials should not be transferred to the Venezuelan government.
‘I have nothing to explain’, Chavez tells SpainBy Admin Friday, March 5, 2010
CARACAS — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez dismissed Wednesday Spanish accusations that his government was involved in plots by Colombian and Basque guerrillas to assassinate the Colombian president, saying he had “nothing to explain.”
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero had demanded an explanation after a Spanish judge charged that the guerrilla groups plotted to kill in Spain Colombian politicians, including President Alvro Uribe, with Venezuelan “governmental cooperation.”
