Ten Percent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Inca Kola News, Sabina Becker @ News of the Restless provides this translation- Jorge Iván Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano”, ex-chief of the AUC paramilitaries, in the department of Norte de Santander, said that his men incinerated their victims in ovens specially constructed for the purpose. The paramilitaries built the first oven in 2001, in Juan [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying cocaine directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, FARC, a senior Colombian defense official said.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia's main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime.
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Executive Branch yesterday appointed Angel Lockward as Dominican ambassador in Colombia. The designation of the Cabinet level officer without functions is contained in president Leonel Fernandez decree 622-08.
MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced yesterday in [...]
Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | yesterday
Written by Stuart Schussler for UpsideDownWorld Tuesday, 07 October 2008 After eight years and $7 billion spent, Plan Colombia has merely dented the drug trade. Perhaps its greatest "achievement" has been the rise in displaced persons and subsequent refugee flows, in turn making Ecuador home to the most refugees in the Western Hemisphere. But "refuge" is a misnomer: the great majority of refugees are...
Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA (Reuters) October 4, 2008 - The diplomatic breach between Colombia and Ecuador widened on Saturday when Colombia called on the neighboring country to crack down on rebels using its territory to hold kidnap victims and launch attacks. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a Wall Street favorite and staunch White House ally, said he has information showing that Marxist Colombian...
Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 4 ( Bloomberg ) -- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia won't attend a summit of four Andean countries this month to protest comments Correa made in an interview. The decision shows Colombia doesn't want to re-establish diplomatic ties that were severed in March, Correa said in his regular Saturday address. ``President Uribe, if you don't...
VivirLatino (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today, directo de Bogota, Colombia, Monareta drops their latest, Picotero, on planeta earth via Nacional Records. The duo, made up of composer, producer and vocalist Andres Martinez and keyboardist Camilo Sanabria, bring cumbia and dub beats together with an electroshock...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This correction to the Information Statement, dated October 6, 2008, corrects an inadvertent error in the approximate value of the 38 real estate properties transferred to "Colombia Inmobiliaria". The corrected information statement is as follows: On October 3, 2008, Bancolombia S.A. ("Bancolombia") made an in-kind contribution of 38 real estate...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
At least eight people were killed and 12 injured in Colombia when a bus carrying 20 passengers skidded off a mountainous road into a ravine, the Caracol TV channel said on Tuesday.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: National Security Archive As Colombian prosecutors begin to reopen investigations against individuals connected to one of the worst massacres in the country’s modern history, the National Security Archive published on the Web a collection of declassified documents detailing U.S. concerns about the wall of impunity that has long surrounded the case. These documents are central to an
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MEDELLIN, Colombia, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On October 3, 2008, Bancolombia S.A. (NYSE: ) ("Bancolombia") made an in-kind contribution of 38 real estate properties to private equity fund Colombia Inmobiliaria ("Colombia Inmobiliaria"). The 38 properties are valued at approximately Ps. 2,034,874,029. Colombia Inmobiliaria will be managed by Bancolombia's subsidiary Fiduciaria Bancolombia S.A. ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
HOUSTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Diego Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the AUC, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. The AUC is a paramilitary organization originally designated...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Provides local billing and dedicated support team BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Crossing (Nasdaq: ), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it is enhancing its Global Crossing Collaboration Solutions in Colombia with features specifically designed to fulfill the demands of the local market. The features for collaboration customers in Colombia include...
