Colombia and Panama have signed an agreement to combat criminal activity along their shared border, media reported Friday. The agreement, titled the “Binational Plan for Border Security,” was signed Thursday…
Colombian rebel group FARC have recruited at least 60 minors from Panama, one of the alleged recruits said on Panamian television. In an interview with Panamian television network TVN, the…
Panama’s Vice President Juan Carlos Varela announced today that he will visit Colombia on Thursday to resume negotiations of the countries’ bilateral trade agreement, reported Spanish press agency EFE on…
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli admitted Thursday that his country is reviewing several political asylum requests from Colombian former government officials who are being investigated for crimes in their country. In an…
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s son Tomas allegedly attempted to bring Colombian company the Nule Group and a Brazilian construction firm together in a joint bid for a public works contract…
Panama authorities arrested five Colombians suspected of belonging to the FARC in an indigenous region near the border, reports EFE. The five suspected Colombian guerrillas were detained, along with one Panamanian,…
Former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos said he would swear on the Bible that former President Alvaro Uribe did not order the illegal wiretaps carried out by intelligence agency DAS.…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe met with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in Honduras, one day before Uribe’s former intelligence chief controversially was granted political asylum in Panama, several media say.…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will seek to present charges against former DAS director Maria del Pilar Hurtado for her role in the illegal wiretapping of government critics, reports El Espectador.…