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.

World news related to Colombia – overview

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• December 23rd 2009 – October 24th 2009
• October 23rd 2009 – August 15th 2009
• August 10th 2009 – June 10th 2009
• May 24th 2009 – February 27th 2009
• February 25th 2009 – November 23rd 2008
• November 20th 2008 – September 23rd 2008
• September 5th 2008 – July 6th 2008
• July 6th 2008 – June 3rd 2008
• May 29th 2008 – April 8th 2008
• April 6th 2008 – March 9th 2008
• March 8th 2008 – February 21st 2008
• February 18th 2008 – January 5th 2008
• January 2nd 2008 – November 20th 2007
• November 16th 2007 – September 1st 2007
• August 30th 2007 – June 22nd 2007
• June 19th 2007 – April 27th 2007
• April 27th 2007 – February 8th 2007
• February 5th 2007 – November 1st 2006
• October 27th 2006 – June 24th 2006
• June 15th 2006 – March 22nd 2006
• March 20th 2006 – February 1st 2006
• January 27th 2006 – November 12th 2005
• November 11th 2005

Colombia: news

US-Colombia troops plan sparks alarm

Monday, August 10th 2009, 23:21
related countries: United States

South American leaders express fresh concerns over Colombian plans to grant US troops access to its military bases.
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Colombia 'incursion' riles Chavez

Monday, August 10th 2009, 10:17
related countries: Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez accuses Colombia of carrying out a military incursion into Venezuela, a charge Colombia denies.
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Venezuela returns Colombia envoy

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 6:22
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela is sending its ambassador back to Colombia following a diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez says.
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Bolivia in Colombia betrayal jibe

Friday, August 7th 2009, 21:31
related countries: Bolivia, United States

Bolivian President Morales accuses Colombia of betraying Latin America with its plan to let US troops use military bases there.
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Uribe and Lula discuss base use

Friday, August 7th 2009, 11:28
related countries: Brazil, United States

Colombia's president receives tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops to use Colombian bases.
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War of words

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 18:30
related countries: Venezuela

How serious is Venezuela's latest row with Colombia?
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Chavez turns up heat on Colombia

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 7:14

Venezuela's president announces trade measures against Colombia, amid a growing diplomatic row between the two nations.
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Uribe to tour region over US pact

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 1:47
related countries: United States

President Uribe is to tour South America to try to ease concerns about a plan to increase the US military presence in Colombia.
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Judge jails 15 Colombian soldiers

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 21:57

A Colombian judge sentences 15 soldiers to up to 30 years in prison for killing civilians that they presented as rebels.
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Chavez freezes ties with Colombia

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 12:04

Venezuela withdraws its envoy in Colombia and freezes relations in a row over arms found in Colombian rebel camps.
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Swedes quiz Venezuela on weapons

Monday, July 27th 2009, 23:51
related countries: Sweden

The Swedish government asks Venezuela to explain how Swedish made weapons ended up in the hands of Colombia's Farc rebels.
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Colombia 'bombs Farc jungle camp'

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 21:10
related places: Bogota

Colombian forces bomb a rebel camp in the jungle south of Bogota, killing at least 16 guerrillas, officials say.
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Chavez 'to review' Colombia ties

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 10:33
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez says he will reassess ties with Colombia, which is set to allow the US to use its military bases.
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Ecuador leader denies Farc funds

Sunday, July 19th 2009, 1:06
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador President Rafael Correa denies receiving election funds from Marxist Farc rebels in neighbouring Colombia.
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Colombia extradites Farc captor

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 21:32
related countries: United States

Colombia extradites to the US a rebel leader who held political hostages including politician Ingrid Betancourt.
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Call to help Colombia displaced

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 0:04

Amnesty International says many of those displaced by Colombia's armed conflict are being targeted by groups who want their land.
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Colombia kills former drug baron's hippo gone wild

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 4:41

One of three hippos which escaped from a former drug baron's private zoo is shot dead in Colombia.
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UK MPs attack Colombia military aid

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 16:31
related countries: United Kingdom

MPs from all parties are calling for an end to all UK military aid to Colombia, citing murders and human rights abuses by the country's security forces.
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Colombia minister's arrest sought

Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 4:54
related countries: Ecuador

A court in Ecuador orders the arrest of Colombia's ex-defence minister over an air raid against a rebel base in Ecuador last year.
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Colombia police killed in ambush

Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 6:13

An ambush by left-wing Farc rebels in south-western Colombia left seven police officers dead, officials say.
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Colombia coca-growing 'declines'

Friday, June 19th 2009, 19:13

Colombian cultivation of coca, the raw material for cocaine, declined significantly in 2008, a United Nations report says.
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Palmed off

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 23:05

Rural workers pay hidden cost of biofuels in Colombia
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