Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos commended police chief General Oscar Naranjo, who became the center of controversy after leaked documents showed he had accused aides of former President Alvaro Uribe…
Twitter, Uribe-era abuses and WikiLeaks. Today’s biggest story has all the elements of a juicy 21st-century Colombian political scandal. But what will be the impact of the latest accusations of…
Colombia asked the U.S. for a “continued intelligence exchange on Venezuela” in 2008, diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks revealed Friday. In a leaked cable, sent by then-Ambassador to Bogota William…
Victims of illegal wiretapping by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS want leaked diplomatic cables to be used as evidence in cases against intelligence and government officials. According to former Supreme Court…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced that it will begin assessing documents released by Wikileaks to see if they contain more information about illegal wiretapping by security agency DAS, reports RCN.…
Colombia’s national police commander General Oscar Naranjo told then-U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield that he personally suspected Uribe’s former chief of staff and former presidential advisor of having ordered the illegal…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was secretly seeking direct peace talks with the leaders of the FARC and ELN, while the FARC sought contact with the U.S., leaked diplomatic cables…
The content of the U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks gives an example for Colombia’s diplomatic corps to follow. The diplomatic cables the Colombian government should emulate, however, are not those…
Rebels from Colombian guerrilla groups the FARC and ELN “enjoy periods of rest and recuperation” in Cuba, according to a diplomatic cable sent by the United States Interest Section in Havana…