The United States has asked the government of Colombia to hand over one of the former leaders of the FARC guerilla movement. The American embassy has submitted an official extradition request for Seusis Hernandez, who is also called Jesus Santrich.
The Netherlands does not recognize the elections in Venezuela, where the leftist president Nicolás Maduro was re-elected this weekend. 'They were not free and independent elections,' said minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in the House of Representatives.
Venezuela goes to the polls Sunday to choose a president. All signs point to a re-election of the current head of state, Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president. The fact that the head of state, Nicolas Maduro, will take office in 2013, seems almost certain.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is deeply concerned about the ever-growing influx of refugees from Venezuela. 'We need international help, the situation is very problematic', he said to the DPA news agency in Münster.
The former FARC rebels in Colombia have fiercely reacted to the arrest of one of their former leaders. 'With the arrest of our comrade Jesus Santrich, the peace process is at the most critical point and threatens to lead to a real failure,' said FARC politician Ivan Marquez against journalists.
US President Donald Trump has canceled a summit in South America this week to focus on the crisis in Syria.
A French waiter will challenge his resignation at a restaurant in Vancouver, Canada. According to the man, he is falsely dismissed. His former employer claims that the waiter is too rude. This strongly denies the man. His direct personality is due to his French origin.
Shell can benefit from a tax measure on a large gas field in British Colombia. The Canadian province wants to support the Shell project for lng.
The FARC came out of the parliamentary elections in Colombia on Sunday as the big loser. It was the first time that the former 'narcoguerrilla' participated in elections and barely won any votes.
Colombia and the United States will work together to halve the production of cocaine and the cultivation of coca in the South American country over the next five years. That is what both countries agreed.
At least five Colombian soldiers were killed on Tuesday by a bomb attack, carried out by the Marxist ELN rebels. Also, more than ten soldiers were wounded by the attack near the border with Venezuela, according to the army.
Venezuelans are increasingly involved in attacks by ELN rebels in Colombia. That said the Colombian minister Luis Carlos Villegas (Defense), who is going to consult with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino about the security measures on the more than 2200 kilometers long border.
Colombia has tightened border controls by deploying more than 2,000 additional military personnel, but continues to help the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have fled the misery at home. President Juan Manuel Santos promised Thursday in Cucuta, where many migrants enter the country. His government is spending millions on their reception.
On board a private jet, 500 kilograms of cocaine were found at the airport in Hampshire, England. The plane was from Bogota, Colombia.
After a bomb attack by the guerrilla organization ELN at a police station, the Colombian government stops the peace talks with the left-wing rebels indefinitely. ' I have decided to suspend the fifth round of negotiations until the ELN's actions are in line with their words', said President Juan Manuel Santos Monday after consultation with the chief negotiator of the government, Gustavo Bell.
In a bomb attack on a police station in San Lorenzo in Ecuador, at least 28 people were injured. Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has declared a state of emergency in the cities of Eloy Alfaro and San Lorenzo to ensure the safety of the citizens. The perpetrators brought a car filled with explosives for the police building on Saturday to detonate.
Rex Tillerson is going to visit colleagues in Latin America early next month (1-7 February) to mainly talk about the crisis in Venezuela.
A landslide in Colombia has killed at least 13 people. The victims were in a bus that fell through the avalanche into a ravine. There is a baby among the dead, reports the emergency response service.
A helicopter crash in northern Colombia has killed ten people. On board of the defense helicopter, besides eight soldiers, two civilians were also present. The aircraft was on its way to Caucasia, where the occupants wanted to carry out an inspection at a warehouse of the army.
Ten construction workers were killed when a bridge under construction collapsed in the middle of Colombia. That reported the disaster response service of the country.
The United Nations is prepared to mobilize international aid for Colombia to meet the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan refugees. This is what UN chief António Guterres said on a weekend visit to the Colombian capital Bogota.
A Colombian employee of an oil company was kidnapped by ELN rebels. The abduction was a few days after the expiry of a cease-fire with the government, just when UN top executive António Guterres visits the country, reports the BBC. According to the police, the man was taken from his workshop in Saravena near the border with Venezuela.
The Colombian ELN rebels have again carried out attacks on Wednesday. This happened shortly after the expiry of a truce with the government, said high military sources. This can have consequences for the peace talks with the insurgents.
A Swiss entrepreneur who is fascinated by the idealistic undertone of the modern literary fairy tale De kleine prins, has now collected more than 4500 copies. Soon the Swiss starts a center for children's literature in Lausanne in which his collection is recorded.
In order to make the Venezuelan holidays more enjoyable, Colombia has sent 22 tons of pork chop to Venezuela. The pork was transported by truck on the border on Saturday via the Simón Bolívar bridge.
In Colombia, 77 soldiers were injured by lightning. The soldiers of the 29th Army Brigade had trained at their headquarters in the city of Popayán for a military ceremony when the lightning struck just a few meters from them, a spokesman for the army said.
The Spanish police have detected € 210 million worth of cocaine between a shipment of bananas from Colombia. It is a huge six-ton lot that was intercepted near the port city of Cádiz.
South African Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was named Miss Universe on Sunday in Las Vegas. The 22-year-old won the final battle of Miss Colombia and Miss Jamaica, who finished in the last three.
A dog reportedly died of a broken heart when she was left behind by her owner at an airport in Colombia.
