Silva: Colombia halted Venezuela’s expansionism
In an interview with El Tiempo, Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said that over the last few months Colombia has put the brakes on Hugo Chavez’s “macho-ism” and as result…
In an interview with El Tiempo, Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said that over the last few months Colombia has put the brakes on Hugo Chavez’s “macho-ism” and as result…
Testimony by a former member of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC reveals that for at least the last two decades the organization has developed “an extensive network” for smuggling drugs…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva defended commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla on Thursday against “false accusations” made against him by “traitors,” over the general’s role in the…
Colombia’s Defense Minister, Gabriel Silva, said Wednesday that the country is finalizing the details to send a contingent of about fifty soldiers to Afghanistan before August, when President Alvaro Uribe’s…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s office will open a pre-investigation into allegations by former police major, Juan Carlos Meneses that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s brother led a paramilitary “death squad” known…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva announced that “more than fifteen” countries are now buying weapons from Colombia. Speaking at the launch of a new state-of-the-art assault rifle, retired Colonel Carlos…
Colombia’s Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Tuesday that allegations by former police Major Juan Carlos Meneses that Uribe’s brother, Santiago Uribe, led a paramilitary death squad in the early 1990s,…
The Colombian government confirmed Wednesday that the FARC guerrilla group have logistic and trafficking networks in Brazilian territory, and use the Amazon River to transport drugs, reports CM&. The statement…
Defense Minister Gabriel Silva introduced the Colombian government’s new Democracy Plan Wednesday for the upcoming presidential elections, claiming that security forces will “cover” 99.7% of voters. The minister stressed the…