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The conflict has now shifted, with deadly consequences, to Mexico and it is feared will spread imminently to central America. But the most shocking conclusion relates to what the authors call "the microeconomics of cocaine production" in their country.  

Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 12:52 p.m. local time. The IGBC Index (IGBC) dropped 2.7 percent to 14,187.15, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP) fell 2.4 percent to 1,684.57. Petrominerales Ltd. (PMG) , a Calgary-based oil ...  

A French journalist newly freed by Colombian rebels says they want France to help facilitate talks with the Colombian government.Romeo Langlois arrived in Paris on Friday to be reunited with his family after his release in the Colombian jungle Wednesday. He had been held by FARC rebels for a month.Langlois, an independent journalist on assignment for France 24 television, said the FARC used his kidnapping to show that they are still active...  

PARIS — Colombia’s FARC rebels are asking France’s new Socialist president for help in facilitating talks with their country’s government, according to a French journalist freed from captivity in the Colombian jungles. Romeo Langlois ...  

The carrier will launch several more routes launching in Jun-2012 including Medellin to Cali, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga and Pereira; Bogota to Cartagena; Cali to Cartagena; and Cartagena to Pereira, according to the carrier's website. Flights from Medellin ...  

Colombia is the fourth nation to set up a consulate in Orlando. The office on Pine Street opened its doors to the public several weeks ago. Nearly 38,000 Colombians live in Metro Orlando, making up about 7 percent of the Hispanic population in ...  

Seeking notoriety as an international spokesman for Venezuela’s anti-Chavez sector, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe issued baseless and malicious claims in international media aimed at isolating the Venezuelan government. Openly campaigning for ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed French reporter Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, a month after taking him hostage in a firefight that showed the leftist group is still a menace despite a decade of military blows. Langlois, the rebels' highest-profile captive since French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, was taken hostage in the southern Caqueta region on April 28 after he was caught in crossfire between a Colombian...  

Colombia’s peso fell toward a four- month low after data showing U.S. payrolls missed forecasts and factory output slowed in China damped demand for higher-yielding assets. The peso fell 0.1 percent to 1,830.63 per U.S. dollar. It touched ...  

A French journalist newly freed by Colombian rebels says they want France to help facilitate talks with the Colombian government. Romeo Langlois arrived in Paris on Friday to be reunited with his family after his release in the Colombian jungle ...  

(RTTNews) - The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday welcomed the release of a French journalist abducted by Colombia's leftist FARC rebels and expressed hopes that the move signaled an end to such kidnappings by the group.  

May 30, 2012: French journalist Romeo Langlois, center, is escorted by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, upon their arrival to San Isidro, southern Colombia.AP SAN ISIDRO, Colombia – A French journalist released to a ...  

Colombia's Farc has freed French reporter Roméo Langlois a month after taking him hostage during a fire fight between the rebels and Colombia's military forces.Television images of Langlois, a reporter for France24, showed him smiling and saying he had been well treated by his captors.He was abducted on 28 April while making a documentary on drug trafficking and had been accompanying the soldiers who were on a mission to destroy Farc cocaine...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed French reporter Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, a month after taking him hostage in a firefight that showed the leftist group is still a menace despite a decade of military blows. Langlois, the ...  

Colombia’s constitutional court has ruled that same-sex couples have the same right to express affection in public as their heterosexual counterparts. The case originated after a gay couple was kicked out of a shopping mall for kissing. The judge described the security guard’s actions as “discrimination that only affected gay couples.” The same court ruled [...]  

This is the first—and probably tastiest—dish that my wife ever taught me how to cook from her home in Bogotá, high in the mountains of Colombia. The Capital city of 10 million people sits in a valley at over 8,000 feet above sea level, which means that the pressure cooker is a staple in pretty much every kitchen. This extraordinarily simple chicken and potato stew uses just five ingredients (ok, seven if you count salt and pepper), but the...  

Langlois said that both the guerrillas and the government had played politics with his case, and he suggested that the guerrillas had delayed his release to coincide with the FARC’s 48th anniversary last Sunday. After days of negotiations ...  

Nursing a bullet wound but looking healthy, French reporter Romeo Langlois emerged from the jungles of southern Colombia on Wednesday after being held 33 days by the nation’s largest rebel group.Released to an international delegation and brought to the village of San Isidro in the department of Caqueta, Langlois, 35, said the guerrillas shared what little food they had and treated him with respect.“Other than being detained for a month while...  

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (PRE), which operates Colombia’s largest oil field, fell 0.8 percent to 47,000 pesos. Petrominerales Ltd. (PMGC), a Calgary-based oil company that operates in the Andean region, dropped 0.2 percent to 24,640 pesos.  

After a year of legal battles, Colombia's Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that American Chandler Burr, a gay author and former New York Times critic, can formally adopt two boys, aged 10 and 13, from the South American nation. Burr's adoption...  

If all goes well, French journalist Romeo Langlois will return home on Wednesday May 30, after spending just over a month in the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 1:43 p.m. local time. The IGBC Index (IGBC) dropped 1.2 percent to 14,462.98, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

Hundreds of civilians remain prisoners of the guerrilla group throughout Colombia, according to the nonprofit Free Country Foundation. The U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on Colombia said that in 2011, FARC and the ELN (National ...  

BOGOTA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's largest guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Sunday it will free captive French journalist ... is awaiting the announcement of the date of the release prior to traveling to ...  

“Europe is the big driver,” said Daniel Lozano, an analyst at Serfinco SA brokerage ... sparking concern the country will leave the euro. Spain’s default risk rose to a record today as the nation struggled to bolster its banking system.  

A film we totally missed in our Cannes 2012 coverage, and certainly deserved our attention... Directed by Juan Andrés Arango, and titled La Playa D.C., the film centers on Tomas, an Afro-Colombian teenager struggling with the difficulties of growing up in a city (Bogota) of exclusion and racism against those who look like him; When his younger brother disappears, Tomas is forced to leave his home to look for him. With the help from...  

Village council leader German Pena said more than 1,000 people were expected for the ... Colombia's defense minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, said the military would suspend operations in the zone for 48 hours beginning Tuesday at 6 p.m. The FARC, which ...  

Alma Guillermoprieto Carolyn Kaster/AP Images President Obama with the Colombian singer Shakira and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Cartagena, where he was attending the Summit of the Americas, at which leaders openly discussed the legalization of drugs for the first time, April 15,2012 A couple of decades ago, perhaps, a discussion of the war on drugs declared by Richard Nixon back in 1973 could...  

Colombian rebels: French journalist to be freed The Associated Press Published May 28, 2012 12:15AM MDT BOGOTA, Colombia • Colombia’s main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month after a firefight with Colombian soldiers. The leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said in a communique posted online Saturday night that it would shortly provide the handover coordinates to the...  

Piedad Cordoba. The communique was signed by the group's 15th Front. Romeo Langlois fell into rebels hands on April 28 while accompanying troops on a cocaine lab destruction mission in the jungles of southern Colombia. Rebels attacked ...  

Return to start of sidebar. His backhand misbehaved to a ruinous degree. Umpire Pascal Maria was clearly keeping an eye on Tomic's coach and father, John, when he became a little more vocal in the third set. Neither John's encouragement nor the seemingly ...  

Melindo, known to local boxing circles as “El Metodico” or “Method Man,” promised to wage an intelligent fight against Colombia’s “El Chucilla” (The Knife). “Ang ginagamit ko po sa laban ay utak po,” said the Cebu-based boxer. Melindo ...  

From the Gloucester Times (MA).  This is a Paleo-friendly recipe."Want to try a cole slaw made without mayonnaise? Diana Rodgers is a nutritional consultant and avid follower and believer in the Paleo diet. This cole slaw, which she first learned of from a friend in Colombia, has been a favorite for many years and just so happens to fit into the Paleo diet, too. And because it doesn't have mayonnaise, it safer to serve at picnics and...  

Twelve soldiers were killed by the rebels. Immediately following the fight, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reassured Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos that he would crack down on any illegal activity on the Venezuelan side of the border. Silva said ...  

Colombian was paired up with William Buick for the race and the two led the runner up, Poet, by three lengths. Managing the third position behind the winner was the 6/4 favourite of the race, Twice Over. This was the first time that Colombian had raced at ...  

Girls junior golf notebook: Colombian Laura Sojo, 16, takes her Thunderbird defeat to superstar Ariya Jutanugarn in stride, while Annie Park defeats a slew of boys in New York." />Girls junior golf notebook: Colombian Laura Sojo, 16, takes her Thunderbird defeat to superstar Ariya Jutanugarn in stride, while Annie Park defeats a slew of boys in New York." />Girls junior golf notebook: Colombian Laura Sojo, 16, takes her Thunderbird defeat to...  

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) — Residents of this remote hamlet that lacks running water and electricity, and lives off cattle ranching and coca-growing were preparing a barbeque for Wednesday's planned handover of a French journalist by Colombia's main leftist rebel group.  

The leftist Colombian guerrilla group FARC has said it will free on Wednesday a French journalist taken prisoner nearly a month ago.Romeo Langlois, a correspondent for France 24 TV, was captured by the rebels in April during an attack on a Colombian army unit that he had embedded with to film a counter-drug operation."The liberation of French journalist Romeo Langlois will take place next Wednesday May 30," the FARC unit holding him said in a...  

"I've just learned that an attempt was made on the life of Mr. Fernando Londono. He was in his armored car ... Londono, 78, served in the cabinet of former president Alvaro Uribe, a hardliner who governed from 2002 to 2010. Santos, who followed Uribe ...  

The leftist Colombian guerrilla group FARC has said it will free on Wednesday a French journalist taken prisoner nearly a month ago."The liberation of French journalist Romeo Langlois will take place next Wednesday May 30," the FARC unit holding him said in a statement posted on an Internet website.A correspondent for France 24 TV, the 35-year-old Langlois was captured by the FARC during an attack on a Colombian army unit that he had embedded...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Venezuelan TV network Telesur broadcast Monday the first video images of a French journalist captured a month ago by Colombian rebels, who say they plan to release him on Wednesday. The video, taken by the rebels, shows Romeo ...  

Combatants from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.FARC rebels kill 12 Colombian soldiers, wound 4Tue May 22, 2012 3:21AM GMTpresstv.irTwelve Colombian army troops have been killed and four more wounded in an ambush by rebel group FARC in the county’s north, a security official says. The attack took place on Monday in La Majayura, a rural area bordering Venezuela, said...  

BOGOTA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday said his government would "stay the course" despite "terrorist organizations" attempting to derail his policies. "There are left-wing and right-wing extremists that want to change ...  

Bogota, May 22 (IANS) At least 12 army soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels in northern Colombia Monday, officials said. The fighting between Colombian Army soldiers and the rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) erupted in the northern Guajira department near the Venezuelan border, Xinhua reported. “We have received reports of the death [...]  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 2:09 p.m. local time. The IGBC Index (IGBC) rose 1.3 percent to 14,629.61, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia says in a communique published online Saturday night that it would shortly ...  

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was able to give a conference on leadership following Tuesday’s discovery of a small explosive device hidden in the Gran Rex theatre. Sources of the conference organization said that the former Colombian president ...  

IN THE last days of Álvaro Uribe’s presidency in 2010, Colombia accused neighbouring Venezuela of letting the FARC and ELN, the two main leftist guerrilla groups, maintain camps along its border. In response Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, recalled his ambassador and skipped the inauguration of Mr Uribe’s successor, Juan Manuel Santos. Once Mr Santos took over, however, Colombian officials stopped discussing the camps...  

The device was found a week after another Colombian politician, Fernando Londono, was targeted in a bomb attack in the Colombian capital, Bogota. Mr Londono, who served as justice and interior minister under Mr Uribe, was injured in the attack ...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With the aim of promoting Colombian capital markets on the world’s most important stock exchanges, the Colombian Securities Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, BVC), the Colombian Central Security Depositary Company ...  

Authorities found and deactivated a bomb Tuesday at a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was due to deliver a speech. Uribe, known for tough law-and-order policies during his 2002-2010 presidency in Colombia, had been ...  

MADRID – Spain's Banco Santander SA (STD) said Wednesday it plans to complete the sale of its Colombian assets to Chilean bank Corpbanca SA (BCA, CORPBANCA.SN) in two phases, with the last one to be closed no later than June 30. Santander said ...  

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine police on Tuesday defused an explosive device hidden in a theatre where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was scheduled to speak, raising suspicions that left-wing Colombian rebels may have been involved ...  

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Londono, a conservative lawyer, served as minister for two years during the administration of Colombia's former hardline President Alvaro Uribe ... Reproduction of text for non-commercial purposes only is permitted provided that both the source and ...  

Dear Editor, Your May 21st article on Sigifredo López, “Former Colombian Hostage Is Suspected of Helping Plan His Kidnapping,” describes how this incident has stunned Colombians and captures quite well their sentiments regarding the accusations. Your article, however, fails to … Continue reading »  

BUENOS AIRES—Argentine police on Tuesday were defusing a bomb discovered in the ceiling of a Buenos Aires theatre only hours before former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was scheduled to speak there. The bomb, which could have been activated with a ...  

IT STARTED on Twitter. In 2010 Álvaro Uribe handed on the presidency after two terms to Juan Manuel Santos, his former defence minister whom he expected to continue his policies. Mr Uribe took to tweeting, at first to trumpet his record on security, education and helping the poor. But as Mr Santos began to make clear that he had his own agenda for Colombia, the tweets got tougher. A year and a half into his four-year term...  

Police defused a bomb at a Buenos Aires theater Tuesday, a day before a former Colombian president was scheduled to speak there, a judge said. The explosive device was set to be detonated Wednesday afternoon, when former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ...  

With the aim of promoting Colombian capital markets on the world’s most important stock exchanges, the Colombian Securities Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, BVC), the Colombian Central Security Depositary Company (Depósito ...  

New York, May 1, 2012--The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) must immediately and unconditionally release French journalist Roméo Langlois, who was captured Saturday during a confrontation with Colombian armed forces, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. An alleged FARC member has reportedly told Colombian journalists that the leftist...  

Afro-Colombians Receive Collective Land Titles from U.S. and Colombian Presidents WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with the 2012 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, on April 15 President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos...  

integrating our intelligence and working together," said Colombian Brig. Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez Barragan. He noted successful joint U.S.-Colombian operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebel group. Barragan was one of ...  

Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL), Colombia’s largest oil company, rose 0.4 percent to 5,280 pesos. To contact the reporter on this story: Christine Jenkins in Bogota at cjenkins28@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story ...  

Mérida, 22 nd May 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered extra troops to the Colombian border yesterday amid reports that Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas may have crossed into Venezuela after ...  

A stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the FARC, calling the rebels ...  

Colombia's main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia says in a communique published online Saturday night that it would shortly provide the handover ...  

Langlois disappeared a week ago when Colombian security forces he was accompanying on mission were attackedThe Colombian rebel group Farc has said it is holding a French journalist who disappeared a week ago.The ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said Romeo Langlois had been wearing "military clothing of the regular army" when security forces he was accompanying on a counter-narcotics mission were attacked by...  

BOGOTA, Colombia—Terrorists in Bogota, Colombia, attacked the motorcade of the former minister, seriously injuring him on Tuesday. Earlier the same day, a car bomb was found and safely detonated elsewhere in the city, which authorities believe was planted as a [...]  

Plus, an update on where to get your muffalettas by Tricia Childress The small town of Stallings seems an unlikely setting for a pastry nexus. But it is. Last year, Grand Asia Market opened a spot-on Chinese bakery with dozens of buns, egg tarts and mooncakes.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Spain’s Telefonica has unified all of its Colombian operations under its preferred ‘Movistar’ brand. The company, which offers fixed line telephony and broadband as well as wireless services and pay-TV, had previously operated its fixed services as Telefonica Telecom. The move follows the merger of Telefonica Telecom, which is now 30% state-owned, with Telefonica’s mobile arm. As noted by TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, at the end of...  

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Colombia Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: CERX), a metallurgical coal exploration and production company operating in the Republic of Colombia, anticipates transportation cost savings from the planned multi-billion dollar infrastructure...  

(AP) BOGOTA, Colombia - A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district on Tuesday, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said ...  

Londono was interior minister from 2002 to 2004 in the government of former President Alvaro Uribe, who led a crackdown on the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other armed groups during his eight years in office. Local television ...  

BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Low-cost airline VivaColombia took its first flight Friday, from Medellin to Bogota, entering Colombia's growing commercial airline sector with deals as low as $29 each way. The airline is the second local airline to dub ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured a former interior minister who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said. The Colombian government has been battling the ...  

(CNN)-- The Colombian defense ministry will cease all military operations in an area of the country Tuesday evening ahead of the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois, Red Cross officials said. Langlois, a war journalist with more than 10 ...  

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Colombian Mines Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CMJ)(FRANKFURT:X6C) ("Colombian Mines" or "the Company") today provided an update on its previously announced agreement with Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") for a proposed ...  

“Companies bringing in dollars to pay for taxes is something that will help the peso amid all the volatility” in global markets, said Juan Camilo Santana, an analyst at Cia. de Profesionales de Bolsa SA brokerage in Bogota. Companies are ...  

Bogota, Colombia (CNN)-- A former Colombian justice and interior minister survived an assassination attempt Tuesday in a daylight bombing in the capital, Bogota, President Juan Manuel Santos said. Former Minister Fernando Londono was among at ...  

Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug-related violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass kidnapping of 11 colleagues later slain by leftist rebels.  

BOGOTA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Army Commander Gen. Sergio Mantilla said Monday that rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible for the early Monday attack in northern Colombia, which killed 12 soldiers and wounded ...  

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug-related violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass kidnapping of 11 colleagues later slain by leftist rebels. Even more remarkable, the alleged traitor was among the kidnapped, and "miraculously" survived seven years later when the...  

French journalist Roméo Langlois appears to have been abducted by the Colombian rebel group, Farc. Langlois, a correspondent for France 24 TV and Le Figaro, went missing during a clash between Farc guerrillas and Colombian government forces on 28 April. He was making a documentary on drug trafficking and had been accompanying the soldiers who were on a mission to destroy Farc cocaine farms.Yesterday, a woman claiming to represent Farc made...  

there are "clear indications" that Farc guerrillas are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois. Mr Santos did not elaborate but urged the Farc to free Mr Langlois, who was reported to have been injured during a clash between rebels and troops. A police ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian suspected of running a violent cocaine cartel, one of the country's most-wanted men, has surrendered to U.S. drug officials and could get a lighter sentence if he helps authorities fight drug trafficking, Colombian police said on Monday.  

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America's military's experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in Colombia.While the two conflicts are no perfect match, U.S. military and defense officials said they can learn from the Colombian's long and bloody campaign against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. Likewise, Colombia can learn from U.S. experiences battling...  

Colombian stocks climbed Monday, led by the country's largest oil company Ecopetrol (ECOPETROL.BO, EC) and its top lending institution, Bancolombia (BCOLOMBIA.BO, CIB).The Colcap, an index of blue-chip stocks, rose 0.17% to end at 1,802.34 points.Shares of Ecopetrol, one of the heaviest-traded shares on the Bogota bourse, rose 0.9% to COP5,650, while shares of Medellin-based bank Bancolombia rose 0.2% to COP29,300.Meanwhile, the Colombian peso...  

A bilateral free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States came to life today with the Miami arrival of 4,200 boxes of fresh-cut Colombian roses, carnations, astromelias, and the delivery of a high-end Harley-Davidson in Bogota.Six years after the agreement was first signed, both the flowers and the motorcycle entered the countries tariff-free under the bilateral pact, which is heralded by US and Colombian officials as the start...  

New York, May 16, 2012-- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Tuesday's attack on Fernando Londoño, a radio talk show host and former high-ranking government official. Londoño was injured in a bombing in Bogotá that killed his driver and bodyguard....  

BOGOTA, Colombia - A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily obtained it. read more  

Mr Jose Ocampo was always considered an outside contender Colombia039;s Jose Antonio Ocampo has pulled out of the race to be the next president of the World Bank.It is clear that this is not based on the merits of the candidates but is a political exercise, he ...  

BEIJING, May 12 -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos left Shanghai for home on Saturday, concluding his five-day state visit to China. Santos said this visit has great significance in promoting bilateral relations, and he expressed satisfaction over ...  

Martinez has a prolific record for his club side Jaguares De Chiapas and they are ready to cash in on their star asset. But reports in Portuguese newspaper Record claim Porto are also making advanced moves to sign the forward and they hope to finalise a ...  

Colombian terrorist group Farc freed ten hostages last week after holding many of them in captivity for more than a decade. After nearly 50 years of jungle fighting is the guerilla group facing defeat? Former Farc leader Alfonso Cano was killed by the army Colombian army sergeant Luis Alfredo Moreno couldn’t understand the strange device his sister was holding. ‘He saw my mobile and asked me what it was,’ said Doris Moreno...  

At least six Colombian soldiers and three leftist rebels were killed when guerrillas attempted an ambush on a military unit in the western department of Choco, officials said.A patrol was attacked by the "terrorists" of the FARC as it guarded a stretch road near the city of Pretoria, a military spokesman told AFP.Earlier Saturday, Ivan Marquez, member of the FARC ruling council, warned in a video that the group was not weakened and remained...  

FRANCE 24 journalist Roméo Langlois, who went missing Saturday during a Colombian security operation against FARC rebels, is being held hostage by the guerillas, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday.  

The event aims to reaffirm the cultural identity of black men and women and to celebrate diversity. It also seeks to preserve the tradition of the afro-hairstyle and spread the practice of hair braiding and weaving. Many contestants were inspired by their ...  

(CNN)-- Sitting on a simple chair, shirtless except for a bandage covering a part of his arm, the man seems relaxed. Almost cool, he smiles at one point and cracks a joke. "Go ahead, you can ask me questions if you want. It's strange. Normally ...  

BOGOTA, May 26 (UPI) -- Six Colombian soldiers were given jail time for killing a mentally disabled man and then claiming he was a rebel, in an attempt to gain job benefits. The six soldiers, one of whom was an army major and another a ...  

Vale said earlier this month that it was looking to sell off the assets as part of a wider move to focus on key operations under the company’s new chief executive, Murilo Ferreira. The thermal coal operations in Colombia constitute a fully ...  

BOGOTA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government on Friday made a fresh call on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC) guerrillas to release as soon as possible and without any conditions a French journalist they kidnapped late last month.  

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon told reporters earlier this week. President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday called on the FARC to free Langlois as quickly as possible. Santos has said he remains open to peace talks only if the group ...  

(RTTNews) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos urged the leftist FARC rebels to free French journalist Romeo Langlois, who he said was seized by the rebels while accompanying Colombian troops during an anti-cocaine raid south of the country. Santos ...  

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, shakes hands with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe after Canada signed a free trade agreement with Colombia in Lima, Peru on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Human rights advocates say the Harper government is shirking ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A gunman opened fire on a labor leader in the Colombia city of Cali but missed, killing the man’s brother and wounding two other people, including a 4-year-old girl, police said Thursday. Adolfo Devia, vice president of the Cali ...  

BOGOTA—Colombia's largest Marxist rebel group said it plans to free on Wednesday a French journalist who ... Mr. Langlois, 35 years old, was shooting footage for a documentary April 28 when the army unit he was with was  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 1:26 p.m. in Bogota. The IGBC Index (IGBC) dropped 0.8 percent to 14,999.07, while the Colcap Index decreased 0.9 ...  

Ties between Bogota and Caracas are starting to fray again after 12 Colombian soldiers were killed near the Venezuela border, allegedly by Colombian rebels who are said to be using the neighboring country as a comfortable refuge. The incident's ...  

BOGOTA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said one of the main goals of his upcoming visit to China is to demonstrate the two countries are important partners. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua ahead of the May 8-12 trip, his ...  

"Unfortunately we have received reports of 12 soldiers dead and four wounded," said Yusti Maria Lopez, a security official in La Guajira. Eliecer Suarez, a regional army commander, said the rebels attacked his troops in the Serrania de Perija ...  

According to a Colombian security official in La Guajira, Yusti Maria Lopez, four soldiers were also wounded in the ambush. "Regional and national official are drawing up a toll," she told AFP news agency. "We are not ruling out that there were guerrilla ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass ...  

said Friday he and his now-demobilized organization supported and financed the 2006 re-election campaign of then-President Alvaro Uribe. “I backed President Uribe’s re-election, both with the support we provided in the communities and with money ...  

Extradited leader of the AUC paramilitary group Salvatore Mancuso said the 2006 reelection of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was financed by paramilitaries. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Mancuso revealed that he worked with Uribe ...  

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will make a state visit to Singapore from May 6 to May 8, a first from the Latin American country, the city-state’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a e-mailed statement today. Santos will bring his ...  

BOGOTA, May 23 (UPI) -- A Colombian court has restored custody of adopted sons to a homosexual man, opening the door for gay adoptions. The Constitutional Court found that the country's Family Welfare Institute simply assumed the father's sexual ...  

The company rose after saying net income increased 40 percent to 11.5 billion pesos ($6.5 million) in the first three months of the year on its website yesterday. To contact the reporter on this story: Christine Jenkins in New York at cjenkins28 ...  

Bogota: Colombia's FARC guerrillas pulled at least 13 teenagers out of boarding schools in the southern province of Putumayo and forced them to join their ranks, a human rights activist told EFE. The youngsters were taken from schools in a rural area near ...  

NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- The Colombian government aims to make its oil production levels, close to 1 million barrels per day, a sustainable objective, the energy minister said. The Colombian government set a goal of reaching the 1 million bpd ...  

In a message broadcast over a local Colombian radio station, FARC rebels said they are holding FRANCE 24 journalist Romain Langlois, who has been missing since Saturday. Colombian authorities are calling the claim "credible".  

The President of the Republic of Colombia His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, who is in Singapore on a State Visit, was officially welcomed by President Tony Tan at a ceremony held at the Istana this morning. Following the ceremony ...  

Santos considers himself a progressive and, in addition to a military hard line against the FARC, has sought to return stolen land to peasants and pay reparations to victims of Colombia's long-running civil conflict. Analyst Leon Valencia of the Nuevo Arco ...  

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (PREC), which operates Colombia’s largest oil field, dropped 1.6 percent to 45,260 pesos. Bolsa y Renta SA reduced the company’s weight in its recommended portfolio, citing in a research note today “possible ...  

A unit of about 80 FARC guerrillas presumably operating out of Venezuela killed 12 Colombian soldiers along the border, officials said. "It's a setback, a setback in the war we are waging and in which we are making progress and are winning ...  

News reports said that the authorities began investigating Mr. López last November after finding a video on a computer that was captured when the military killed the top FARC commander, Alfonso Cano. In the video, according to news reports, a man who ...  

Rebels of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, had standing orders to kill their hostages rather than allow them to be rescued. Lopez has said he was held by himself for the next two years until February 2009, when he ...  

The ICRC and Cordoba on Monday agreed to the demand by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)to take part in the handover of Romeo Langlois, and urged the FARC to decide where and when the France 24 and Le Figaro journalist would be freed.  

He said the FARC is interested in regaining territory lost in the 1990s in the La Guajira region, where the rebels extort ranchers and miners. Associated Press writer Fabiola Sanchez in Caracas, Venezuela, contributed to this report.  

Reporting in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, researchers write of discovering a car-sized turtle they named Carbonemys cofrinii. Edwin Cadena, who found the fossil, describes the giant reptile's lifestyle 60 million years ago, and what it may have ...  

Alfonso Cano. La FM said the man appearing in the video explains where each deputy would be, the hours they came and went, and where the building's security cameras were located as well as also noting that none of the deputies carried weapons. Lopez ...  

Bogota, Colombia (CNN)-- Ten Colombian soldiers were killed in a rebel attack Monday, the country's defense ministry said. The attack occurred in La Guajira province, near Colombia's border with Venezuela. Two other soldiers were killed in ...  

Colombia's largest rebel group reportedly admitted on Tuesday to holding French journalist Romeo Langlois, who disappeared over ... him as soon as possible," said President Juan Manuel Santos. "Among other things, because we understand he is hurt."  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 12:26 p.m. in Bogota. The IGBC Index (IGBC) rose 1.3 percent to 15,418.11, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

BOGOTA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that he will travel to China on a state visit to strengthen trade relations between the two countries. "We're going in 15 days to China. We're going on a state visit ...  

MIAMI, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TOCA COLOMBIA is a one-night only charity concert sure to entertain and delight South Florida with an unforgettable musical extravaganza presented by the Colombian Youth Philharmonic, comprised of Colombian ...  

Image provided by the Chancery of Venezuela shows Venezuelan Chancellor Nicolas Maduro (L) and his Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin meets in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on May 24, 2012. The chancellors discussed border security measures.  

Some fruit exporting companies contacted the Association of Pitaya and South Fruits Producers of Huila (Apropi), said president, Eusebio Pinzón. The leader pointed out that they will participate in a training in Bogotá to learn the quality process and ...  

President Juan Manuel Santos has announced the resignation of the head of Colombia's national police. Santos says that Gen. Oscar Naranjo asked to step down because he felt his resignation was needed to open the way for the ascension of other officers.  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian army officials said Monday that 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by leftist rebels who, according to one commander, “presumably” fled into Venezuelan territory afterward. The soldiers were attacked Monday ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's main rebel group said Sunday that it is holding a French journalist missing since disappearing a week ago during combat. The ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, did not say if or ...  

In newspaper columns, Londono is a firm defender of Uribe against allegations the former president was too cozy with backers of illegal far-right militias. He has also criticized the current president as not being firm enough in fighting the FARC.  

In 1988, DC Comics briefly introduced a supervillain to its universe called SnowFlame. SnowFlame, who i09 reports debuted -- and was killed off -- in New Guardians #2, was a Colombian crime lord that got his super powers from inhaling enormous ...  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 2:09 p.m. local time. The IGBC Index (IGBC) fell 0.4 percent to 14,842.14 while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

Two decades ago, Oscar Pareja, a Colombian soccer star who now coaches the Colorado Rapids MLS team, got an offer he couldn't refuse -- to play soccer with Pablo Escobar. It would have been suicidal to refuse the invitation, so Pareja and his teammates ...  

“Via the foreign ministry we inform the government of France (of) our readiness to facilitate the liberation of journalist Romeo Langlois,” Santos wrote on Twitter. The message to Paris appears to signal the Colombian government’s consent to the ...  

Stock symbols are in parentheses ... Colombian markets were closed yesterday for a holiday Tablemac SA (TABLEMA), a wood products maker, jumped 11 percent to 11.30 pesos, headed for the highest closing price in nine months.  

In mid-July 2009, Douglas Elmendorf, director of the CBO, testified that the proposals under consideration would significantly increase federal spending and did not include the "fundamental changes" needed to control the rapid growth in health care spending.  

One person was killed and four others wounded when armed men burst into the home of a union official in the southwestern city of Cali and started shooting, Colombian authorities said Thursday. While the target of the attack, municipal workers ...  

#hookergate Cocaine is so 80's. If you're a US government official, there's a new habit-forming hotness to emerge from the country of Colombia: prostitutes. At least, that's what's to be believed in light of the latest report that Drug Enforcement Administration officials habitually made Colombian poontang pit stops while attempting to stem the yayo trade. More »  

Colombian hottie and talented Juanes has a new album Juanes MTV Unplugged, he talks about it on Good Day LA. He tells Steve and Jillian an acoustic version of his chart topping hit "Me Enamora" is on the album and he's celebrating the release of ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia - Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug-related violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass ...  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Racing Club midfielder Giovanni Moreno turned up for practice flanked by police and accompanied by the president of the players union on Wednesday. Moreno was threatened at gunpoint on Tuesday by hooligans — known in ...  

A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured. TV images from scene in Bogota's northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV on Calle 74 and other vehicles ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators are seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they suspect is the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota. A ...  

Lieberman, an independent, said the statistics raise questions about the culture of the agency tasked with protecting the president and those close to him. Sen. Susan Collins agreed. "This was not a one-time event," said Collins, the senior Republican on the committee.  

An indictment charged that the defendant, Jamal Yousef, agreed to provide military-grade weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for hundreds of kilograms of cocaine. The supposed FARC representative he was dealing with was actually ...  

Former Sen. Piedad Cordoba and the International Committee of the Red Cross agreed on Monday to form a delegation to receive a French journalist captured last month by leftist FARC rebels while embedded with Colombian security forces, but neither Paris nor ...  

Colombia Energy Resources Inc a metallurgical coal exploration and production company operating ... As a direct benefit of the infrastructure investments being made, CERX expects to use both the railroad and river barge system to bring its metallurgical ...  

FARC guerrilla on Sunday announced their decision to hand him over to a commission formed by former Senator Piedad Cordoba, the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia and a delegate representing French president-elect Francois Hollande.  

"We've beaten the same horse twice this season (Questioning) but the second time we did it easier and we had Dubawi Gold well back in third at Sandown and he wasn't beaten that far by Frankel in the Lockinge. I know the ground was completely different ...  

Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota SA (ETB CB), the phone company serving Colombia’s capital, gained 0.8 percent to 510 pesos. Shareholders approved ETB’s proposal to take on as much as $600 million in debt, according to a regulatory filing.  

Ana Luisa Flechas, Bogota’s Secretary of Mobility, told MSN Colombia citizens have the option of approaching the Mobility Dept. and arranging some sort of payment plans. Should owners fail to pay these fines, the Mobility Department says they will ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian troops on Monday killed 35 leftist FARC rebels in a remote jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos said, the second blow to the drug-funded group in less than a week. The dawn attack in the central province of ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators on Wednesday were ... Video: Four arrested in after-school fight posted on YouTube, Facebook A police report seen by The Associated Press says the man was bleeding from an arm when a taxi driver picked ...  

Total investment by all parties will surpass 85 million dollars in five years On-going successful cooperation drives coffee quality, sustainability and quality of life for Colombian coffee growers The Colombian Coffee Growers' Federation (FNC ...  

Colombia’s peso rose from a four- month low as companies bought the currency before local tax payments due next month and as oil, the nation’s biggest export, rebounded in New York. The peso advanced 0.5 percent to 1,835.45 per U.S. dollar ...  

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — A car bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londoño in the country’s capital on Tuesday, killing two people nearby and injuring the former government official, officials said.  

BOGOTA, Colombia - No sooner had Colombia's main rebel force released the last 10 soldiers and police it held as political prisoners than President Juan Manuel Santos was ... 26 when FARC commander Timoleon Jimenez announced the insurgents ...  

A bomb blast in central Bogota injured Colombia’s former Justice Minister Fernando Londono today and killed five people, including his driver and one of his bodyguards. The bomb exploded near Londono’s armored car, blocks from the nation’s ...  

He became the chief under President Alvaro Uribe and was retained when Santos assumed the presidency in August 2010. The chief praised the 167,000 men and women in the police and expressed thanks for their service. "Everything comes and everthing goes ...  

BBC NewsOfficials: FARC rebels attack Colombian drugs raid, killing 4CNN(CNN) -- A leftist rebel group attacked soldiers destroying cocaine laboratories in southern Colombia, killing four people and leaving six others missing, including a French journalist, authorities said. The attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...Journalist missing as Farc attacks Colombia drugs raidBBC Newsall 207 news articles »  

BOGOTA, Colombia – A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured. TV images from scene in Bogota's northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV ...  

BOGOTA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's former Interior Minister Fernando Londono is in stable condition and his recovery looks good following an attempt on his life early Tuesday, a hospital official said. Jorge Alberto Ospina, director of Clinica del ...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Dow Jones)--Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will soon open Friday the sixth Summit of the Americas in this coastal, colonial-era city, where 33 nations of the Organization of American States will be represented.  

and US$60.0 million for a similar shopping center at the resort region Punta Cana. It said Velutini also plans 534 rooms spread among villas and apartments at Punta Cana, at a cost of US$110.0 million. The Venezuelan Cisneros Group announced a ...  

Colombia, the world’s second-largest coffee supplier after Brazil, said output is forecast to rise to its highest in five years in 2013 because of drier weather. Output may rise to 9 million bags from about 7.8 million bags expected this year ...  

New book reveals Colombian ex-leader Uribe's alleged paramilitary tiesColombia ReportsA Colombian congressman and human rights defender have released a new edition of their book supposedly exposing the links between former president Alvaro Uribe and paramilitary groups, reported Colombian newspaper El Espectador Tuesday.and more »  

Neither the government of President Juan Manuel Santos nor the management at Hotel Caribe ... They wanted to be paid,” he said. Cabdriver José Peña, who drove two of the escorts home from the hotel later that morning, heard much the same ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- In a video posted on YouTube, a self-described commander with the Colombian rebel group FARC said the insurgents are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois, whom they captured April 28 during a bloody firefight between the ...  

BOGOTA: Leftist guerrillas killed 12 Colombian army troops on Monday and wounded four others in an ambush in a rural area in the northern tip of Colombia near the border with Venezuela, authorities said. "Unfortunately we have received reports ...  

Oil producers gained as crude in New York rose from the lowest close in seven months ... To contact the reporter on this story: Christine Jenkins in New York at cjenkins28@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: David ...  

Video showed shattered glass and scattered car parts covering the street as rescuers arrived. Security cameras at the Bogota intersection recorded a man crossing the street while cars were stopped at a red light, CNN affiliate Caracol TV reported.  

But Mr Santos, who has faced criticism from former president Alvaro Uribe Velez over the country’s security situation, rejected international mediation for peace talks and called on Farc to release or provide information on “hundreds” of civilian hostages.  

The co-author of the book that Lopez published last year, Julio Cesar Londono, says the physical toll of ... Panetta: Gay ban repeal has not hurt morale Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says a new Pentagon report concludes that last year's repeal of the ...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AFP) - United States (US) President Barack Obama joined Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and pop superstar Shakira at a ceremony on Monday to hand over land titles to descendants of Colombia's runaway African slaves.  

"I hope there has been some kind of confusion or some error," said Diego Quintero, who lost his brother, Alberto. In the book about his ordeal titled "Sigifredo: The Triumph of Hope," Lopez says he had to acknowledge the "the masterful manner" in which the ...  

Daniel Stone reports from the room where the director of the agency ... From the moment Secret Service director Mark Sullivan entered the capitol’s largest hearing room, nearly 30 snapping cameras surrounded him. And from early on in the ...  

Families of three murdered Colombian unionists appealed a US court decision shielding former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe from testifying in the case against coal giant Drummond, reported Noticias Uno Sunday. A Washington D.C. federal judge ...  

"Not good," said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which on Wednesday will hear the first testimony from Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan. Collins released a statement later Monday ...  

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QUITO, Ecuador, and BOGOTA, Colombia --  An Ecuadorean judge on Tuesday ordered the indefinite jailing of a suspected Colombian rebel leader captured a day earlier by Ecuadorean forces just a few miles from the border. Wilson Tapiero ...  

So there’s the beginning of a change here. I don’t think it’s going to be possible to put this genie back in the bottle.” Then there is trade. Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos also announced that the U.S.-Colombian Free ...  

The encounters allegedly took place in the apartment of one of the agents, according to Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "It's disturbing that we may be uncovering a ...  

AFP - As he plans to celebrate his 80th birthday in his native Colombia this week, painter and sculptor Fernando Botero says the idea ... of businessmen as well as former president Alvaro Uribe. The former ranch where Botero lives looks almost ...  

Ex-Im Bank Signs Agreement With Bancoldex to Increase US-Colombian TradeMarketWatch (press release)WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and Bancoldex have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to facilitate trade between the United States and Colombia.Ex-Im Bank Signs Agreement With Bancoldex to Increase U.S.-Colombian TradeSacramento BeeEx-Im Bank...  

... set to phase out over 18 years — with no reduction for the first six year of the agreement — are the 164.4 percent over-quota tariff for fresh, chilled and frozen leg quarters and the 70 percent over quota tariff for processed leg quarters ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia’s capital and the city’s health director says at least 19 people are injured. TV images from scene in Bogota’s northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV ...  

The Justice Department Inspector General's Office is investigating the possible misconduct, which is not said to be related to the Secret Service scandal that also ... culture that spans more than one law enforcement agency," Collins said ...  

BOGOTA May 14 (Reuters) - Colombia's coal production jumped 14.6 percent to 23.31 million tonnes in the first three months of 2012, compared with the same period last year, the Andean country's mining regulator said on Monday. Colombia's coal ...