Colombia to denounce guerrilla attacks to UN
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera announced Tuesday that the Colombian government is preparing a dossier on recent attacks perpetrated by FARC and ELN guerrillas to be presented to the United…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera announced Tuesday that the Colombian government is preparing a dossier on recent attacks perpetrated by FARC and ELN guerrillas to be presented to the United…
At least five soldiers died and another seventeen were injured when they were ambushed by guerrillas in Colombia’s central Antioquia department. Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos told AFP that a…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera on Tuesday proposed adding an extra 20,000 police to the 155,000 already on foot patrol, in order to combat urban security issues in cities around…
Colombia’s defense, trade and foreign ministers will travel to Venezuela Friday to oversee the installation of biltateral commissions whose aim will be to address longstanding issues between the neighboring South…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Wednesday that the government will abide by the Constitutional Court’s ruling that a military pact signed with the U.S. is not constitutional until ratified by…
A Security Council meeting, called to address the gang warfare ravaging some of Medellin’s poorest suburbs, announced new measures that it hopes will halt the violence plaguing the central Colombian…
Colombia’s new Santos administration rejected any offers to mediate between the government and guerrilla groups such as the FARC or ELN, saying “Thanks, but no.” According to President Juan Manuel Santos,…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Monday that the new government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will not recognize peace talks or plans with the guerrilla that have not…
Rodrigo Rivera and German Vargas Lleras each spoke to the media for the first time following their appointments Wednesday as defense and interior minister respectively, in the incoming administration of…