To be a hostage of Colombia’s Marxist guerrillas is to be on the move. The rebels — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — sequester their captives deep inside the country’s mountainous jungle terrain, and they regularly lead them on long, arduous marches from one mosquito-infested camp to another to keep the Colombian military from detecting their whereabouts
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Drugs: Why California’s Prop 19 Has Latin America Irked
What was Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos smoking? Colombia has long been an obedient lieutenant in the U.S.-led war on drugs, yet there was Santos musing out loud — at a presidential summit, of all places — about the possibility of exporting bales of marijuana to California dopers.
Italy: Making Divorce Possible
Only eight major nations in the world, all Catholic, do not allow divorce.
Colombia, U.S. sign deal on use of bases
Colombia and the United States signed an agreement Friday that allows U.S.
Colombian hitmen reveal horror of the kill
This city’s drug underworld is littered with “poseurs” — lowlife triggermen pretending they’re the real hard cases. MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNN) — This city’s drug underworld is littered with “poseurs” — lowlife triggermen pretending they’re the real hard cases
Three held in slayings of indigenous Colombians
Three suspects have been arrested in the August slaying of 12 indigenous Awa people in southwestern Colombia, the military announced Tuesday.
ICE reports record cash seizures in Mexico, Colombia
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U.S.-Colombia Pact Causes Stir Among Lat-Am Neighbors
If there is, or should be, one rule of U.S.
U.S. Military Base Plan Puts Colombia in Hot Water
As one of the few surviving pro-U.S.
Venezuela cuts diplomatic ties with Colombia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez froze diplomatic ties with neighboring Colombia, citing verbal "aggressions" from that country, he said in a televised speech Tuesday.