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10/31/2009 : Renewed tensions between Colombia and Venezuela
Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermúdez on October 30 voiced concern about the recent killings of some 15 Colombians in Venezuela, and urged the authorities to clarify such events.
10/30/2009 : US-Colombia military pact to be ratified by US Congress
While the Colombian government is avoiding a Congressional vote on a military pact with the United States, the American ambassador to Bogota said that the U.S. is obliged to have the pact ratified by the country's Congress.
10/28/2009 : Venezuela says it has captured pair of Colombian spies
Venezuelan authorities have captured two Colombian spies, says President Hugo Chavez, who also accuses the United States of being behind efforts to destabilize his leftist government.
10/27/2009 : Venezuela complains about Colombia spying
Venezuela filed a complaint on Monday accusing Colombia's state security agency of spying in its territory in the latest salvo in a simmering diplomatic spat between the Andean neighbors.
10/26/2009 : Chavez insults Colombian minister
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has insulted Colombia's defence minister over comments critical of the country's anti-drug trafficking efforts.
10/25/2009 : Saving Colombia's Corporal Pablo from Farc: a father's epic struggle
Gustavo Moncayo prays he will be reunited with his son this week, 12 years after he was seized by guerrillas.
10/22/2009 : Exiled journalist leads from Europe an international campaign against kidnappings
Herbin Hoyos, host of a radio program for hostages held in Colombia's jungle, said he will continue his radio broadcasts from exile in Europe, despite receiving death threats.
10/21/2009 : Colombian VP Investigated for Ties to Militias
The Colombian Attorney General’s Office said Monday that it re-opened an investigation into Vice President Francisco “Paco” Santos for alleged ties to murderous right-wing militias.
10/20/2009 : Over 27 thousand people currently missing in Colombia
Over the last three years the Prosecutor's Office has receved reports of the forced disappearances of 27,384 people. According to Caracol Radio, twenty thousand people, or 75 per cent of complaints regarded those forcibly disappeared by paramilitary groups.
10/19/2009 : Moncayo may not be released in the next 20 days
Although Senator Piedad Cordoba said that the delivery of two hostages could be made in less than 20 days as far as the FARC is concerned, the government could not guarantee that it was prepared.
10/18/2009 : Relatives of Soacha false positives victims threatened
At least six families of victims who disappeared from Soacha only to later be falsely identified as guerrillas killed in combat have since become targets for intimidation and threats.
10/16/2009 : Nariño governor: 6 massive displacements in the last year
The governor of Nariño has reported six massive displacements of people since August 2008.
10/14/2009 : Indigenous Colombians protest Uribe policies
Thousands of indigenous people have taken to the streets in southwestern Colombia to protest President Alvaro Uribe's environmental policies and his alleged broken promises to their communities.
10/13/2009 : Colombian Journalist Heads to Europe After Dodging Rebel Attack
A former rebel hostage, who hosts an acclaimed radio program through which he works to end kidnapping in Colombia, flew to Spain Monday on the recommendation of authorities and family members who asked him to leave the country after a FARC plan to assassinate him was thwarted.
10/11/2009 : Colombia and Ecuador continue reconstructing relations
Colombia and Ecuador will continue talks on the re-establishing of ties than have been broken for more than one and a half years, the Foreign Ministers of the two countries decided Friday.
10/10/2009 : Indigenous request talks with FARC and paras
Colombia's national indigenous organization ONIC sent an open letter to the FARC requesting talks about the indigenous' request to respect their territories and peoples.
10/8/2009 : Nobel Peace Prize wide open, no obvious pick
The independent international Peace Research Institute in Oslo picked Colombian peace activist Piedad Cordoba, Jordanian interfaith dialogue pioneer Ghazi bin Muhammad and Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar as its favourites for the prize.
10/7/2009 : Colombian Government Ordered to Pay Damages for 2001 Massacre
A judge ordered the Colombian government to pay more than $1 million in damages to the relatives of 27 people killed eight years ago by right-wing militias in the northwestern province of Sucre, El Tiempo newspaper reported Tuesday.
10/5/2009 : Colombia’s Cordoba Among Women Contending for Nobel Peace Prize
Colombia Senator Piedad Cordoba and Afghanistan’s Sima Samar, two women promoting peace and human rights in conflict zones, are among the top contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo said.
10/2/2009 : Paramilitary link could sink Colombia's Uribe
As the investigation continues, increasing evidence points toward complicity of Uribe himself in the parapolitics scandal. Some experts believe that Colombia's network of crime can be directly linked to the military, members of the Uribe government and to street crime organizations.
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