Colombia
Colombian government, FARC guerrillas in peace talks
By Bill Van Auken, September 6, 2012
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos formally announced that his government is in peace talks with the FARC guerrilla movement.
Half a million students strike over education law in Colombia
By Luis Arce, October 29, 2011
Tens of thousands of students took to the streets of Colombia’s major cities Wednesday to demand the rescinding of a proposed university “reform” that they say will benefit the country’s wealthiest at the expense of the majority of Colombian youth.
Former Colombian secret police chief convicted of murder
By Bill Van Auken, September 17, 2011
The conviction of former Colombia secret police chief Jorge Noguera
Global commission brands “drug war” a failure
By Bill Van Auken, June 3, 2011
An international commission that includes former Latin American presidents and US officials issued a scathing indictment of Washington’s “war on drugs.”
Two Colombia mine explosions kill 26
By Samuel Davidson, February 7, 2011
Two mine explosions in less than two weeks have claimed the lives of 26 miners, beginning another deadly year for Colombian miners.
Colombia cable: Army murder of civilians “widespread”
By Bill Van Auken, December 21, 2010
A classified cable from the US embassy in Bogota confirms that Washington was told the Colombian army’s murder of civilians was “widespread,” yet still approved military aid.
Colombian high court rejects US bases agreement
By Bill Van Auken, August 21, 2010
A Colombian high court decision to toss out a treaty allowing the US to set up military bases in the country has left the governments in both countries scrambling to salvage the agreement.
Santos takes office as Colombia’s president
By Rafael Azul, August 9, 2010
Behind the August 7 celebration of the swearing in of Manuel Santos as president, Colombia is in a state of profound crisis, marked by rising poverty and unprecedented social inequality.
Rescue crews find no survivors in Colombian coal mine
By Rafael Azul, June 28, 2010
Nine days after a catastrophic explosion at the San Fernando coal mine in Amagá, Colombia, rescue crews ended their work. Seventy-three bodies were removed from the mine.
Over 50 miners trapped in a Colombian coal mine
By Rafael Azul, June 19, 2010
At least 23 miners have been killed in a coal mine explosion in Colombia, the latest in a series of such disasters internationally.
US military base plan fuels Latin American tensions
By Bill Van Auken, August 5, 2009
The Pentagon’s plan to deploy US forces at seven new military bases in Colombia has fueled mounting tensions in Latin America.
Colombia rocked by wiretapping revelations
By Bill Van Auken, February 27, 2009
A Colombian spy agency under the direct command of President Uribe was implicated in wholesale wiretapping against opposition politicians, judges and journalists, just as the country’s defense minister arrived in Washington to seek more military aid.
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