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NEWS ABOUT: Colombia

Colombia stories: 123 news summaries

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 Chavez Masses Troops 
 at Colombia Border 

Leader warns Venezuelans to 'prepare for war'

Nov 10, 09 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez has told the Venezuelan people to "prepare for war" and ordered 15,000 troops to the Colombian border. The leader told his soldiers to "defend this sacred nation called Venezuela," and accused Colombia of conspiring with the US to invade and grab the country's oil... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Colombia • Hugo Chavez

 US Cops Nab 
 International 
 Chameleon 
 Conman 

Smooth-talking Colombian scammed luxury hotels in many countries

Sep 30, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colombian fraudster wanted in seven countries has been arrested after entering the US from Canada on a phony passport. Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, known to have at least 10 aliases, made his living scamming luxury hotels, often pretending to be a guest who had forgotten the combination to his safe... More »

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theft • Colombia • hotel • arrest • con man

 Hippo Hunt Divides Colombia 

Animal rights groups decry containment plan

Sep 11, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pepe the Hippo has become a divisive figure in Colombia. When the animal escaped from his birthplace near Pablo Escobar’s pleasure palace, the government and some environmentalists organized an intense hunt that eventually ended when a team of more than a dozen soldiers killed the runaway beast. But some... More »

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Colombia • animal rights • hippopotamus

(AP) - President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a recent summit along with the Colombia leader, authorities said today. The 57-year-old Uribe began feeling symptoms Friday, the same day as a meeting of South American presidents in Bariloche, Argentina, and... More »

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Colombia • Alvaro Uribe • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - Hooded men killed 12 indigenous victims this morning in a Colombian region notorious for coca plantations and armed rebel activity, BBC reports. At least four children were among family members killed in a dawn raid on an Awa tribal reservation, where both Marxist and right-wing rebels are active. The gunmen... More »

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Colombia • drug trade • Colombian rebels

(Newser) - Despite frequent denials by President Hugo Chavez, it seems Venezuela is still arming Colombian rebels on the sly, the New York Times reports. Computer files captured from FARC rebels reveal Venezuela's efforts to get them missiles, sniper rifles, radios, and Venezuelan identity cards. This after Chavez froze relations with Colombia... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • FARC • militant • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Colombian rebels

analysis

Five Leaders Who Liked Bush Better


Jul 11, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not all foreign leaders prefer Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy lists five heads of state who probably miss Dubya:
  • Silvio Berlusconi. "The conservative Christian from Texas and the lecherous billionaire" were good buddies; Bush hosted the Italian president often at his
... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Venezuela • Poland • Italy • Colombia • Benjamin Netanyahu • missile defense system • Lech Kaczynski • Hugo Chávez • Silvio Berlusconi • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush • Obama administration

(Newser) - Colombia’s guerrilla forces have suffered major setbacks in recent years, and bird lovers are singing a happy tune, the Wall Street Journal reports. Last month saw the return of Steven Hilty, the man who literally wrote the book on Colombian bird watching, after a more than 20-year absence. Another... More »

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birds • Colombia • FARC • guerrilla groups • exotic birds • bird watching • Steven Hilty

(Newser) - It's not a lark anymore: Miniature submarines now carry about a third of the cocaine smuggled into the US. With the numbers up, the Washington Post takes a look at how these so-called semi-submersibles have gotten more and more high-tech over the last 2 years. Authorities say sub builders are... More »

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cocaine • Pacific Ocean • Colombia • DEA • drug trafficking • submarine • submersibles • evidence • prosecutions • remote control

 FARC Captive 
 Recalls Horror 
 of Jungle Birth 

Rojas gave birth in captivity, then had son taken away

Apr 26, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clara Rojas was one of many prisoners who endured the misery of the Colombian jungle during her 6 years as a hostage of the FARC. But in 2003 her ordeal became almost unbearable: She discovered she was pregnant by one of her captors. "I knew I could die,"... More »

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pregnancy • Colombia • birth • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • jungle • Clara Rojas • hostage

 Colombia Nabs Top Drug Lord 

US will seek to extradite Daniel Rendon

Apr 15, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colombian police nabbed their nation's top drug lord today, and the country's president "is breathing easy," a rep told AFP. Daniel Rendon, 43, alias Don Mario, had a $2 million price on his head after allegedly swapping drugs for weapons from leftist FARC rebels. Now that he's in... More »

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Colombia • hitman • arrest • drug cartel • Alvaro Uribe • drug traffickers • Daniel Rendon

OPINION

 For Afghan Success, 
 Look to Colombia 

Countries face similar troubles—and Colombians know how to fix them

Apr 5, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama reviewed US strategy in Afghanistan, the lessons of Iraq were key. But a better comparison might be Colombia, where parallels abound—and where the government has handled insurgents with a fair bit of success, writes Scott Wilson in the Washington Post. Both Afghanistan and Colombia have faced... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • military strategy • Colombia • FARC • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • insurgency • strategy

 García Márquez 
 Finished With 
 Writing: Agent 

Giant of Latin American literature's oeuvre is complete

Apr 2, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world has probably already seen the complete work of Gabriel García Márquez, the Guardian reports. Friend and fellow author Plinion Apuleyo Mendoza said last year that the creator of magical realism was working on a new novel, but his agent recently quashed that rumor. "I don't... More »

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Latin America • Colombia • literature • author • novel • book • Nobel Prize for Literature • Gabriel Garcia Marquez

'Colombia Fritzl' Fathered 11 Kids With  Daughter

Man accused of imprisoning girl, raping her from age 9

Mar 29, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colombian man has been accused of imprisoning his daughter and raping her from the age of 9 and fathering 11 children with her, the BBC reports. He denies incest and rape charges, insisting his daughter was adopted and that the two “agreed to have a romantic relationship because... More »

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crime • Colombia • rape • incest • child rape • Josef Fritzl • imprisonment • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - Three Americans freed in a daring hostage rescue in Colombia last year were thrilled to  escape their FARC captors—and nearly as happy to be free of fellow hostage Ingrid Betancourt. In a new book, the Americans portray Betancourt as a self-centered and malicious prima donna, the New York Times... More »

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Colombia • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

FARC Tortures, Kills 17 Native Colombians

Paramilitary swooped into village, kidnapping pacifist tribesmen

Feb 12, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Colombian paramilitary that held Ingrid Betancourt hostage tortured and killed 17 indigenous people who they believed were aiding the government, human rights groups say. CNN reports that FARC members swept into a remote village in southwest Colombia and kidnapped the pacifist Awa Indians, including two minors. One young man... More »

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Latin America • torture • Colombia • FARC • Colombian rebels • indigenous peoples

 Latin American Leaders  
 Slam Failed US Drug War 

Group of ex-leaders calls for US to move away from prohibitionist policies

Feb 12, 09 5:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Some of America's firmest allies in the war on drugs say the battle is shattering their societies while failing to stop the flow of drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal. A report from a panel headed by the former leaders of Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico—all conservatives who hit hard... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Brazil • Colombia • marijuana • Bill Maher • drug traffickers • Ernesto Zedillo • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - A 45-foot, 1.25-ton snake stalked the jungles of South America in the period shortly after dinosaurs went extinct, the Times of London reports. Researchers have found 28 individual “Titanoboas” in Colombia’s Cerrejon Coal Mine; with every specimen at least 40 feet long, scientists say it’s likely... More »

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Colombia • paleontology • snake • dinosaur • scientists • prehistoric • Amazon rainforest

 Coffee Nations Eye 
 Shares in Starbucks 

Colombia may buy stock, at bargain prices, in first quarter of 2009

Dec 23, 08 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The world’s coffee growing nations may swoop in to grab cheap Starbucks shares as the ailing company shutters stores and battles declining demand for premium beverages, Reuters reports. Colombia—the third-largest producer—could buy more control over the supply chain by nabbing “an important share” of the Seattle... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • Brazil • Colombia • shares • Central America • fair trade • coffee grower

(Newser) - Two years after announcing that he had given up writing, Gabriel García Márquez is at work on a new novel, says a close friend. Fellow writer Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza confirmed rumors that the Nobel Prize-winning 82-year-old is working on a love story, the Guardian reports. More »

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Colombia • literature • writing • novel • Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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