Obama met Santos, who took office in August, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, a day after the Colombian army announced it had killed rebel leader Mono Jojoy in a bombing raid on his guerrilla camp. “Yesterday was a big day for the people of Colombia and those who [...]
This is a snippet from an interview with The Washington Post | September 24, 2010 Colombia’s new president, Juan Manuel Santos, surprised many by reaching out to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez after coming to office in August. He discusses the FARC, Venezuela and his country’s future with The Post’s Lally Weymouth. Excerpts: Q. How will your [...]
Earlier today, President Obama met with President Santos of Colombia on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Building upon the strong, historic partnership between the United States and Colombia, the Presidents engaged in a wide-ranging discussion regarding bilateral, regional, and global issues. President Obama congratulated President Santos on his recent [...]
BOGOTA — The 57 year old military chief of Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels was killed early Thursday in a joint army, air force and police operation in the south-central province of Meta, officials confirmed. Intelligence officials and police and Defense Ministry sources cited by the local media said Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, better known as [...]
Colombian authorities announced that police have shut down 40 illegal gold mines, confiscated heavy machinery and made 16 arrests for illegal mining linked to armed groups in targeted operations which began on September 11. Under orders from President Juan Manuel Santos, the crackdown took place across a wide area of the northwestern province of Cordoba [...]
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — Colombia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace since 2007 in the second quarter as the global credit crunch eased and local demand for household goods boosted manufacturing. Gross domestic product rose 4.5 percent from a year ago, lower than the 5.5 percent median forecast from 31 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The [...]
WASHINGTON — Citing improvements in the Colombia human rights record, the Obama administration on Wednesday freed up more than $30 million in assistance to the country’s military to help it fight leftist insurgents and other drug-funded illegal armed groups. The administration said Colombia’s government had curbed what had been a growing number of extrajudicial killings [...]
MIAMI, FL–(Marketwire – September 20, 2010) – Latin Trade, the leading pan-regional business magazine focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, announced today that former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe, will be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Annual Latin Trade BRAVO Business Awards, to be held on October 29 in Miami. Uribe [...]
Mardy Fish defeated Santiago Giraldo 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 in an epic four-hour-five minute marathon Sunday to clinch victory for the United States against Colombia in the Davis Cup Play-off Round. The victory keeps the United States into the Davis Cup World Group in 2011 and eligible to win the Davis Cup title. It [...]
President Barack Obama will meet with his Colombia counterpart Juan Manuel Santos on the sidelines of the United Nation’s General Assembly this week, the White House said on Monday. The meeting in New York on Friday will be Obama’s first with the former Colombia defense and finance minister since Santos won the presidency in June. [...]
