Tag: Colombia

Colombian kingpin’s former hit man leaves prison

Joshua Goodman · August 27, 2014 12:35 pm

Colombia: We never agreed to border closure

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 10:06 pm

Wearing the presidential sash, newly sworn-in President Juan Manuel Santos, delivers his inaugural speech, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Santos, who narrowly defeated a conservative challenger to win another term, promises to redouble his efforts to end a half-century war against Marxist rebels. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s president seeks peace deal in 2nd term

Joshua Goodman · August 7, 2014 10:33 pm

FILE - In this June 22, 1994 file photo, Colombia's Andres Escobar, lies on the ground and watches as a shot by America's Eric Wynalda misses the goal, during their World Cup soccer match, in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, USA. The US defeated Colombia by 2-1. On this day: July 2, Escobar was shot dead in his home town of Medellin. The killing appeared to be directly linked to Escobar's own goal scored during Colombia's 2-1 defeat to the US. As a result, Colombia returned home early from a tournament many had expected it to do well in. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

Colombians recall 1994 murder of soccer player

CESAR GARCIALIBARDO CARDONA · July 2, 2014 9:03 pm

Police flank seven men accused of murdering a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, during a media presentation at the counter-narcotics base in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 1, 2014, prior to their extradition to the United States. The men are accused of killing Special Agent James "Terry" Watson in an apparent robbery attempt the night of June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

7 Colombians now facing murder charges in US

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 8:08 pm

Washington Secrets

Rule barring puppy mill K9 imports near

Paul Bedard · June 25, 2014 8:44 am

President Juan Manuel Santos, center, celebrates his victory in the presidential runoff, with first lady Maria Clemencia Rogriguez, left, and his daughter Maria Antonia Santos at his campaign headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Juan Manuel Santos steals a win in Colombia — can he keep it?

Ian Alexander · June 22, 2014 4:00 pm

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden give a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Biden met with Santos just three days after Colombia's president won re-election in what was widely seen as an endorsement of talks to end the Western Hemisphere's last sizable armed conflict. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Biden firmly backs Colombia peace effort

Frank Bajak · June 18, 2014 9:53 pm

Colombia Chooses ‘Peace’ – No Matter the Costs

Jaime Daremblum · June 18, 2014 6:45 pm

Vice President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force Two at Buckley Air Force Base, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Aurora, Co., en route Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

White House adds Guatemala stop to Joe Biden’s Latin America tour to discuss surge in illegal immigration

Spencer Brown · June 16, 2014 5:22 pm

Presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, left, points as he faces Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos during a televised debate in Bogota, Colombia, in this June 9, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombian presidential race is down to the wire

Ian Alexander · June 15, 2014 3:08 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2014 file photo, presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, left, points as he faces Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos during a televised debate in Bogota, Colombia. Colombia's nastiest presidential campaign in years has focused largely on a single issue: Santos' prescription for ending the nation's half-century-old guerrilla conflict. Colombia will hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday, June 15. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Nasty campaign done, Colombia vote hinges on peace

Frank Bajak · June 13, 2014 10:14 pm