News Topic - Colombia
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Colombia Sends 13 Paramilitary Leaders to U.S.
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 13 -- Colombia's government extradited 13 top paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday, effectively handing over the most brutal commanders of the country's once-fearsome paramilitary movement.
Washington Post – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 13 -- Colombia's government extradited 13 top paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday, effectively handing over the most brutal commanders of the country's once-fearsome paramilitary movement.
Washington Post – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Storied Paper Bets on a Daily Future in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long bef ... more »
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long bef ... more »
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Plot to Kill Colombian Witness Exposed
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 25 -- The Colombian attorney general's office confirmed Friday that it had uncovered a plot to assassinate a key witness whose testimony has linked several Colombian congressmen, including President Ãlvaro Uribe's cousin, to death squads.
Washington Post – Apr 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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BOGOTA, Colombia, April 25 -- The Colombian attorney general's office confirmed Friday that it had uncovered a plot to assassinate a key witness whose testimony has linked several Colombian congressmen, including President Ãlvaro Uribe's cousin, to death squads.
Washington Post – Apr 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Bush Defends Trade, Economy at N. American Summit
NEW ORLEANS, April 22 -- President Bush used a summit meeting Tuesday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to push for congressional approval of a controversial free-trade pact with Colombia and to reiterate his belief that the struggling U.S. economy is not experiencing a recession.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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NEW ORLEANS, April 22 -- President Bush used a summit meeting Tuesday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to push for congressional approval of a controversial free-trade pact with Colombia and to reiterate his belief that the struggling U.S. economy is not experiencing a recession.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Cousin of Colombian President Arrested in Death Squad Probe
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 22 -- Authorities on Tuesday arrested former senator Mario Uribe, a cousin and close ally of President Ãlvaro Uribe, for alleged ties to death squads in a widening inquiry that has implicated nearly a quarter of Colombia's Congress.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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BOGOTA, Colombia, April 22 -- Authorities on Tuesday arrested former senator Mario Uribe, a cousin and close ally of President Ãlvaro Uribe, for alleged ties to death squads in a widening inquiry that has implicated nearly a quarter of Colombia's Congress.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Bush Concedes Defeat On Colombia Trade Pact
President Bush said yesterday that a trade agreement with Colombia is "dead" unless House Democrats agree to hold a vote on the pact, effectively admitting defeat on a White House priority.
Washington Post – Apr 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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President Bush said yesterday that a trade agreement with Colombia is "dead" unless House Democrats agree to hold a vote on the pact, effectively admitting defeat on a White House priority.
Washington Post – Apr 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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House Delays Deliberation of Colombia Pact
The House voted yesterday to delay consideration of a trade agreement with Colombia, despite fierce opposition from the Bush administration and accusations by Republicans that Democrats were subverting long-standing laws on such pacts.
Washington Post – Apr 11, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The House voted yesterday to delay consideration of a trade agreement with Colombia, despite fierce opposition from the Bush administration and accusations by Republicans that Democrats were subverting long-standing laws on such pacts.
Washington Post – Apr 11, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Bush Backs New Trade Pact With Colombia
President Bush announced yesterday that he is sending a Colombian free-trade agreement to Congress, moving toward a confrontation with Democrats and labor unions that he could lose during a hotly contested election year.
Washington Post – Apr 8, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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President Bush announced yesterday that he is sending a Colombian free-trade agreement to Congress, moving toward a confrontation with Democrats and labor unions that he could lose during a hotly contested election year.
Washington Post – Apr 8, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels'
SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- All Cruz Elena González saw when the soldiers came past her house was a corpse, wrapped in a tarp and strapped to a mule. A guerrilla killed in combat, soldiers muttered, as they trudged past her meek home in this town in northwestern Colombia.
Washington Post – Mar 30, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- All Cruz Elena González saw when the soldiers came past her house was a corpse, wrapped in a tarp and strapped to a mule. A guerrilla killed in combat, soldiers muttered, as they trudged past her meek home in this town in northwestern Colombia.
Washington Post – Mar 30, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Colombia's Rebels Face Possibility of Implosion
PEREIRA, Colombia -- Hungry, desperate and afraid for his life, Pedro Pablo Montoya shot the commander he was supposed to protect. He then severed the commander's right hand -- as proof he'd killed one of Colombia's most wanted men -- and deserted the once-powerful rebel group to whic ... more »
Washington Post – Mar 22, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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PEREIRA, Colombia -- Hungry, desperate and afraid for his life, Pedro Pablo Montoya shot the commander he was supposed to protect. He then severed the commander's right hand -- as proof he'd killed one of Colombia's most wanted men -- and deserted the once-powerful rebel group to whic ... more »
Washington Post – Mar 22, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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