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Colombia sees rise in use of ‘zombie’ drug that affects victims for hours
Last year in Colombia, over 1,200 people were dosed by criminals with a so-called “zombie” drug that makes victims compliant and happy to say or do anything their captors tell them to. Frighteningly, according to a report in The Global Post on Monday, the use of this drug is on…
U.S. might support Colombia NATO bid: State Department official
The United States might support a bid by Colombia for NATO membership just as it has backed the close Latin American ally in other international fora, a senior State Department official said Monday. “Our goal is certainly to support Colombia as being a capable and strong member of lots of…
3 fake nuns caught smuggling cocaine in Colombia
Three women dressed up as nuns were caught at a Colombian airport trying to smuggle cocaine taped to their bodies, police said Tuesday. The women were caught Saturday after arriving on Colombia’s Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota. They thought the disguise would spare them from…
Activist deaths and postponed peacetalks highlight struggle over land in Colombia
At least two peasant leaders in Colombia have been murdered in the past several weeks, heightening concerns about the security of opposition figures and human rights defenders as the government and leftist rebels try to negotiate an end to the country’s nearly 50-year-old internal conflict. The head… …
U.S. prosecutors quit and side with cocaine traffickers to fight ‘wrong’ drug policy
US prosecutors and other senior officials who spearheaded the war against drug cartels have quit their jobs to defend Colombian cocaine traffickers, saying their clients are not bad people and that United States drug policy is wrong. Senior former assistant US attorneys and Drug Enforcement Administration agents are turning years of experience…
7.0 magnitude earthquake in Colombia felt as far away as Quito, Ecuador
A 7.0 magnitude quake shook southern Colombia Saturday and was felt as far away as Quito, Ecuador, authorities said. The quake, occurring at a depth of 129 kilometers (80 miles) at 1416 GMT, was located 11 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of Pasto, Colombia, a city of 400,000 people at the…
Colombia wants to speed up peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels
Colombia’s government wants to pick up the pace of its peace negotiations with Marxist FARC rebels, the chief government negotiator said Sunday ahead of the continuation of talks in Cuba. “We really need to get things moving. I want to make that known to people in general, as well as…
Honduras ambassador resigns after alleged embassy orgy
The Honduran ambassador to Colombia has been required to resign, his foreign ministry said Saturday, after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes at the mission. Carlos Rodriguez Andino stepped down after Honduran Foreign Minister Arturo Corales appointed a special commission to investigate. “In order to safeguard national…
Hundreds of anguished notes found at new Colombian ‘Wailing Wall’
Hundreds of visitors have tucked handwritten notes into the enormous stone slab at the new center adjacent to Bogota’s main cemetery, which many think of as Colombia’s “Wailing Wall.” The structure is the centerpiece of Colombia’s new Center for Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation where visitors can pay their respects to…
Colombia and FARC rebels to start peace talks
Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels were set to kick off peace talks in Norway on Thursday in what a Bogota official called a “respectful and cordial” atmosphere. Oslo and later Havana are hosting the talks that seek to end Latin America’s oldest conflict, which has claimed hundreds of thousands…
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