30/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia units use U.S. techniques to bust drug operations
U.S.-vetted Sensitive Investigative Units rack up impressive successes in the drug wars using American technology and training at a relatively low cost.
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24/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Suspended mayor of Colombia capital jailed as flight risk
Bogota's Samuel Moreno, charged with accepting bribes, is taken into custody, the latest high-profile Colombian official or former official to be imprisoned for alleged crimes.
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05/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Increasingly popular festival showcases Afro-Colombian music, culture
Woodstock, it's not. And therein lies much of the appeal of a once-obscure Afro-Colombian music festival that, despite being held in this out-of-the-way corner of the Andes, attracts increasing numbers of international visitors, in addition to diehard locals.
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05/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Increasingly popular festival showcases Afro-Colombian music, culture
Woodstock, it's not. And therein lies much of the appeal of a once-obscure Afro-Colombian music festival that, despite being held in this out-of-the-way corner of the Andes, attracts increasing numbers of international visitors, in addition to diehard locals.
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01/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia's defense minister abruptly resigns as violence surges
Attacks on Colombia's energy infrastructure and kidnappings of oil company personnel have increased, threatening security gains made over the last decade and possibly jeopardizing an oil boom.
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01/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia's defense minister abruptly resigns as violence surges
Attacks on Colombia's energy infrastructure and kidnappings of oil company personnel have increased, threatening security gains made over the last decade and possibly jeopardizing an oil boom.
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26/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia sees surge in violent crime against oil workers
Improved security has drawn more foreign oil companies to Colombia. But the rising number of such workers in previously off-limits rebel areas has now brought an increase in kidnappings and killings.
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26/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia sees surge in violent crime against oil workers
Improved security has drawn more foreign oil companies to Colombia. But the rising number of such workers in previously off-limits rebel areas has now brought an increase in kidnappings and killings.
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03/08/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Argentina - Are good times in Argentina for real or an illusion?
A farm and manufacturing boom are fueling a projected 8% growth in Argentina. But some are warning of a fall unless the government slashes subsidies and reins in inflation. One observer says the economy is 'running on steroids.'
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24/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia coca production declined, U.N. study says
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime estimates the nation's coca crop at 155,000 acres in 2010, down from 182,500 acres in 2009.
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24/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia coca production declined, U.N. study says
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime estimates the nation's coca crop at 155,000 acres in 2010, down from 182,500 acres in 2009.
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28/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hugo Chavez aids in capture of suspected Colombian rebel leader
A key FARC suspect was arrested at a Caracas airport after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos personally telephoned Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, officials say, in another sign of improved ties between the nations.
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28/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hugo Chavez aids in capture of suspected Colombian rebel leader
A key FARC suspect was arrested at a Caracas airport after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos personally telephoned Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, officials say, in another sign of improved ties between the nations.
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07/03/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia assuming instructor role for other militaries
As part of a regional counter-narcotics push, Colombia is helping train the armed forces of Mexico and 13 other Latin American and Caribbean nations, many of which get U.S. financial assistance.
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06/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
On Colombian minefields, rats may become man's best friends
Scientists train the critters to sniff out explosives. They do the job better, and more cheaply, than dogs.
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21/06/2010 | Frente Externo
Former defense minister wins Colombian presidential election
Juan Manuel Santos easily beats former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus in the runoff election. He will be inaugurated on Aug. 7.
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03/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Jamaica's leader survives no-confidence vote
The no-confidence measure in Parliament could have cost Prime Minister Bruce Golding his job. Police operations last week failed to capture Christopher 'Dudus' Coke but left 73 dead.
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11/04/2010 | Medio Ambiente
Disease lays waste to Colombia oil palms
A microorganism and bug are devastating the imported African trees, which were meant to offer an alternative to coca growers and feed a biofuel industry. The government had pushed the crop.
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07/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Land mines take a toll on Colombia's poor
Workers in the Colombian government's coca-eradication effort find the job to be deadly dangerous. Many have died, and the maimed say the government has abandoned those injured by mines.
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23/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Modest Brazil warplane fitting into nations' plans
Several Latin American nations are buying the Super Tucano for use in anti-drug and counterinsurgency efforts. Even the U.S. and Britain are looking into the propeller-driven craft.
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04/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cocaine trafficking keeps Ecuador anti-drug authorities busy
Seizures set a record last year for the country, which is growing in importance as a hub for shipments to the U.S. and Europe.
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17/12/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
'Top guns' of Tumaco keep coca crops in check
'Flying here is the biggest rush,' says a Texas crop-duster, one of 20 pilots who navigate Colombian jungles to spray herbicide while risking potshots from cocaine traffickers.
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11/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
9 Colombia troops killed in clash with rebels
The Colombian soldiers are attacked by leftist guerrillas in a transit corridor for drug traffickers and rebels. The assault may be part of a FARC campaign tied to a presidential election.
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11/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
9 Colombia troops killed in clash with rebels
The Colombian soldiers are attacked by leftist guerrillas in a transit corridor for drug traffickers and rebels. The assault may be part of a FARC campaign tied to a presidential election.
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22/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombian crackdown appears to be paying off
The government's focus on hyper-violent Buenaventura has cut the homicide rate to one-third of what it was two years ago and yielded millions in cash seized from cargo containers from Mexico.
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15/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia fears rebels may get surface-to-air missiles
The arms would force Colombia to revise its air superiority strategy, which has dealt a blow to the FARC. Colombian and U.S. officials track attempted arms sales and have arrested three dealers.
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09/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil to buy 36 fighter jets from France
The deal, estimated to be worth more than $2 billion, apparently hinged on France's willingness to transfer technology to the Brazilians, a step other bidders including Boeing were reluctant to take.
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17/08/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
Firms' concerns freeze 'oil city' hopes in Venezuela
Soledad residents await realization of President Hugo Chavez's plan for a huge complex and the jobs it would create. But financial terms and doubts about the socialist government prompt delays.
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25/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Venezuela's opposition feels heat from Chavez
Local leaders who defeated the president's candidates in last year's elections say Chavez is stripping them of resources and authority. A new law could give him still more power.Politics has become an especially rough contact sport for Venezuelan state and local officials who oppose President Hugo Chavez.
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25/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Venezuela's opposition feels heat from Chavez
Local leaders who defeated the president's candidates in last year's elections say Chavez is stripping them of resources and authority. A new law could give him still more power.Politics has become an especially rough contact sport for Venezuelan state and local officials who oppose President Hugo Chavez.
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14/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Tensions linger between Colombia and Ecuador
Ecuador announces stiff tariffs on hundred of Colombian imports, apparently the latest retaliatory measure in the countries' dispute over a 2008 raid into Ecuadorean territory.
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14/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Tensions linger between Colombia and Ecuador
Ecuador announces stiff tariffs on hundred of Colombian imports, apparently the latest retaliatory measure in the countries' dispute over a 2008 raid into Ecuadorean territory.
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28/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Plot to kill Colombia defense chief is foiled
Juan Manuel Santos is credited with successes against the FARC rebels and has been the target of numerous assassination attempts.
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27/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Medellin cleans up its act
The Colombian city's homicide rate is down 90%, fighters are being re-integrated into society and the sewer system -- which left the river district an open cesspool -- is being revamped.Once the shadowy and violent domain of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, Medellin has undergone a renaissance over the last decade due to enlightened civic policy and public works, offering government officials proof that urban decline can be reversed.
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25/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico's drug lords look south to Peru
Recent arrests and cocaine seizures point to the cartels' growing presence in the South American country.
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10/01/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. steps up anti-drug efforts in West African nations
Alarmed by the rise in Latin American drug traffic in West Africa, nations including Colombia, Brazil and the United States are establishing or increasing their police presence in that unstable region.
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31/08/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
China to Invest $5 Billion in Venezuela Oil Projects
The deal is the Asian nation's latest in Latin America to help meet its rising energy needs.
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