6/24/2010 : Colombia denies DAS surveilled Europeans

The Colombian government denied allegations that its intelligence agency DAS carried out surveillance on members of the European Parliament (EP).

6/21/2010 : Colombia's New President: A Win for the U.S.-backed Establishment

Juan Manuel Santos has been preparing for the Colombian presidency nearly all his life. He polished his resume at Harvard and the London School of Economics, served as minister of trade, finance and defense, and took stock of small details — he once took a razor to his beard after realizing that no recent Colombian president had sported whiskers.

6/20/2010 : US NGO receives new paramilitary death threats

U.S.-based NGO the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) says it received a second death threat in as many months from Colombian paramilitary group the "Aguilas Negras."

6/17/2010 : Colombian Army offers $1.3 mn reward to informer

The Colombian Army will give $1.3 million in reward to a former guerilla fighter who revealed the location of four abducted security men that led to their rescue, Xinhua reported.

6/14/2010 : Colombia rescues FARC hostages

Colombian security forces have rescued two senior police officers and a soldier held hostage by leftist FARC guerillas for more than a decade.
General Luis Mendieta, Colonel Enrique Murillo and Sergeant Arbey Delgado were freed from a rebel camp in the southern Colombian jungles of Guaviare.

6/12/2010 : Amnesty : Colombia's Human Rights Abusers Must Not Be Protected From Justice

The Colombian government must not protect military officers from prosecution for human rights violations, Amnesty International said today.

6/11/2010 : Colombia ex-officer jailed after historic conviction

A former Colombian army officer has been found guilty of the forced disappearance of 11 people in 1985.

6/10/2010 : Clinton pledges continued US support to Colombian military

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Wednesday that the Obama administration will continue to support Colombia's military against the ongoing threat from guerrillas and drug traffickers.

6/10/2010 : Almost half of unionists murdered worldwide are Colombian

Almost half of the 101 trade unionists murdered worldwide in 2009 were Colombian, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).