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2/28/2010 : Colombia's Uribe blocked from re-election
A court blocked Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday from running for re-election, making his former defense minister the favorite to replace the U.S. ally in a May presidential election.
2/27/2010 : Colombia high court debates Uribe re-election vote
Colombia's Constitutional Court has begun debating whether to allow a referendum that could clear the way for President Alvaro Uribe to seek a third consecutive term.
2/26/2010 : Piedad Cordoba: Postpone FARC hostage release until after elections
Liberal Party Senator Piedad Cordoba said on Wednesday that the long-planned release of two hostages held by the FARC should be postponed until after the upcoming congressional elections on March 14.
2/23/2010 : Colombia's Indians face worsening human rights situation
Many of Colombia's indigenous people are at risk of disappearing unless the government does more to protect them from increasing abuses that have forced thousands to flee their homes, Amnesty International said.
2/22/2010 : Overhaul of News Magazine in Colombia Sparks Criticism
The decision to overhaul Colombian newsweekly Cambio, a publication known for denouncing corruption and uncovering scandals at the highest level of government, has sparked criticism from some sectors in the Andean nation.
2/20/2010 : The Coca-Cola Case Review
The Coca-Cola Case, by directors German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia, is a fresh look at the world’s favorite soda : In Columbia alone, an estimated 470 unionists have been assassinated since 2002, usually by paramilitaries hired by private companies intent on destroying any attempts to create unions. Columbia is the trade union murder capital of the world and murder, kidnapping and torture are all part of the fate of unionists who attempt to obtain basic rights for workers at Coca-Cola bottling plants.
2/16/2010 : Five dead after Colombian rebels ambush candidate
Five people were killed and four wounded after Colombian FARC guerrillas ambushed and attempted to kidnap a candidate for a governor's post in a southern province, authorities said on Sunday.
2/12/2010 : FARC recruits 13-year-old spy
FARC is recruiting indigenous children as spies in Colombia's southern jungles, the military said Wednesday.
2/10/2010 : Preliminary Colombian press freedom report published
The Foundation for the Liberty of the Press (FLIP) on Tuesday released a preliminary report on press freedom in Colombia in 2009. The report finds the DAS illegal wire-tappings of journalists to be the greatest obstacle to freedom of the press in the Andean nation.
2/9/2010 : Reforms at leading news magazine believed to be political
The sacking of two directors of news magazine Cambio, and the decision to turn the influential weekly into a monthly magazine, are widely believed to be the result of the magazine's criticism of the government.
2/5/2010 : Trade unionists are murdered in Colombia
According to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Colombia's principle trade union confederation, the CUT, 39 trade unionists were murdered in 2007 in the country, with 49 murders in 2008.
2/4/2010 : Stop Abuses by Paramilitaries’ Successor Groups
Colombia needs to respond effectively to the violent groups committing human rights abuses that have emerged around the country in the aftermath of the flawed demobilization of paramilitary groups, Human Rights Watch says in a report released today.
2/3/2010 : Four indigenous Colombians injured in military attack
Four indigenous Colombians, including a 20-month-old baby, were injured during a Colombian military attack on a FARC unit in the north west of the country.
2/2/2010 : Government extradited paramilitary bosses to silence them: HRW
The extradition of key paramilitary leaders to the U.S. was "a fatal blow to investigations into parapolitics" and was done in order hide the truth, according to Americas Human Rights Watch (HRW) director Jose Manuel Vivanco.
2/1/2010 : COLOMBIA: Who Cares About the Victims of Forced Displacement?
"Why is the government, which is so generous towards the richest sectors of the economy, so stingy towards the displaced?" asked activist Marco Romero at the presentation of a new report on the dire situation faced by the millions of Colombians who have been forced out of their rural homes by the country's nearly half-century old armed conflict.
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