News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Colombia fighting leaves 18 dead

Monday, March 5th 2007, 11:52

At least seven soldiers and 11 rebels are killed in the heaviest fighting in Colombia in recent months.
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Colombia political scandal widens

Saturday, March 3rd 2007, 7:04

Colombia orders the arrest of an ex-minister's father, as a political scandal over alleged militia links widens.
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Colombia head 'ready for talks'

Saturday, February 24th 2007, 3:43

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he is willing to reopen "direct contact" with left-wing Farc rebels.
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Colombia's ex-spy chief charged

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 0:03

Colombia's ex-intelligence chief Jorge Noguera is charged with murder and aiding right-wing militias.
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Colombia clowns killed on stage

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 14:11
related places: Cucuta

Two clowns have been shot dead in the middle of a show in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police say.
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Ex-hostage is Colombia minister

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 6:45

Colombia's head names a new foreign minister, weeks after he escaped from six years as a captive of Farc rebels.
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Colombian foreign minister quits

Monday, February 19th 2007, 18:39

Colombia's foreign minister resigns after the arrest of her brother on suspicion of links with paramilitary groups.
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Colombian politician is arrested

Friday, February 16th 2007, 9:34

A Colombian senator is arrested, suspected of links to the country's paramilitary groups.
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Key Farc role in US cocaine trade

Monday, February 12th 2007, 22:29
related countries: United States

Much of the cocaine entering the US passes through the hands of Colombia's Farc rebels, a US official says.
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Cuba deports top drugs suspect

Friday, February 9th 2007, 6:23
related countries: Cuba
related places: Norte, Valle

The Cuban authorities deport suspected drugs baron Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante back to Colombia.
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Rights for Colombia gay couples

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 11:27

Homosexual couples in Colombia have the right to share communal property, the Constitutional Court rules.
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Colombia mine gas blast kills 32

Monday, February 5th 2007, 4:06

A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern Colombia kills 32 workers, officials say.
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Colombia seizes $54m drugs cash

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 11:13

Colombian authorities seize $54m in cash as well as gold ingots from the country's largest drugs cartel.
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Colombian 'drugs baron' captured

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 11:00

Colombian police say they have captured an important drug trafficker following a four-hour shoot-out.
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Ecuador, Colombia 'reach deal'

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 14:16
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador says it has reached a deal with Colombia over the aerial fumigation of coca crops along the border.
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Ecuador-Colombia row escalates

Wednesday, January 10th 2007, 12:40

Ecuador takes its challenge to Colombia's border coca-spraying programme to the regional body.
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Female Farc leader tried in US

Tuesday, January 9th 2007, 21:29
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

A female leader of Colombia's Farc rebel group goes on trial in Washington, accused of drug smuggling.
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Colombian minister flees captors

Saturday, January 6th 2007, 1:14

A Colombian ex-minister held hostage by rebels since 2000 has escaped after a military operation to free him.
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Colombia murders at 20-year low

Tuesday, January 2nd 2007, 22:17

Colombian police say the murder rate for 2006 was 17,206 - the lowest level in two decades.
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Colombia fighter gives testimony

Tuesday, December 19th 2006, 18:14

Colombian right-wing paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso testifies before a special tribunal.
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Ecuador, Colombia in border row

Wednesday, December 13th 2006, 23:05
related countries: Ecuador
related places: Bogota

Ecuador protests over aeriel spraying by Colombia, which Bogota say targets drug crops along the border.
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Colombia group ends peace deal

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 9:59

Colombia's right-wing paramilitaries pull out of a peace deal over the prison transfer of jailed leaders.
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Colombian rebels kill 17 soldiers

Friday, December 1st 2006, 18:54

Left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia have killed 17 soldiers in the north-east of the country, the army says.
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Probe names Uribe allies

Tuesday, November 28th 2006, 23:35

A Colombian court names six more politicians it wants to question over their alleged links to paramilitaries.
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US and Colombia sign trade deal

Thursday, November 23rd 2006, 1:46
related countries: United States

The US signs a multi-billion dollar trade deal with Colombia aimed at lowering the countries' trade barriers.
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No verdict in Colombia rebel trial

Tuesday, November 21st 2006, 23:49
related countries: United States

A jury fails to reach a verdict in the first trial in the US of a member of Colombia's left-wing Farc rebels.
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Colombia's Uribe pushes US trade

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 2:46
related countries: United States
related places: Uribe

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe lobbies the US Congress to pass a free trade deal with his country.
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Colombia politician probe widens

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 10:25

A Colombian court widens an investigation into alleged links between a group of politicians and paramilitaries.
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Lawmakers face arrest in Colombia

Friday, November 10th 2006, 3:29

A Colombian court orders the arrest of three congressmen over alleged ties to a right-wing paramilitary group.
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Colombians in baby mix-up trauma

Wednesday, November 8th 2006, 16:43

Two Colombian men switched by mistake at birth describe their feelings after a DNA test confirms the error.
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Shakira scoops four Latin Grammys

Friday, November 3rd 2006, 9:48

Colombian pop star Shakira wins four gongs at the seventh Latin Grammy awards ceremony in New York.
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