Colombia's government says it has proof that Marxist fighters are hiding out in neighbouring Venezuela, in a move that is likely to stoke new tensions between the two countries. Colombian officials have long suspected that members of guerrilla armies like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are based in the jungles on Venezuela's side of the border. The annoucement on Thursday marked the first public assertion of proof for Colombia's...
Colombia rejects Farc talks offer
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
The Colombian goverment has rejected an offer for talks from the country's most powerful rebel group. In a videotaped message released before the appointment of president Juan Manuel Santos, the Revolutionary Armed...
Colombia's FARC rebels offer to discuss conflict with forum of South American leaders
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Top FARC narco-terrorist sentenced to 29 years in prison
The Examiner
The Examiner
Ermonso Cuevas Cabrera, a/k/a "Mincho," a top associate of the narco-terrorist organization Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or "FARC") was sentenced yesterday in the...
Farc Drug Boss Supplied Half World's Cocaine
Orange News
Orange News
A Colombian guerrilla who was responsible for half the world's cocaine smuggling has been jailed for 29 years by a judge in New York. Erminso Cuevas Cabrera directed the production of massive quantities of the drug at...
Five Colombian police killed by suspected Farc bomb
BBC News
BBC News
Five police officers have been killed and three injured by a roadside bomb in the Colombian state of Caqueta,...
Colombia post-FARC scenarios
The Examiner
The Examiner
From: ZSpace--In the first quarter of 2008, a strong political shift emerged, which allows the local and global rightwing and multinational corporations to regain their positions and boost their offensives. This shift is...
Colombia's economic prospects attract even its enemies
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez clearly delights in and cultivates his bombastic, braggart image. But he is not a fool. He is swift to abandon populist ideology and be as pragmatic and practical as anyone when the...

