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  • Venezuela's Hugo Chavez aided Colombia rebels: report
    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez appears to be making concrete offers to help arm rebels seeking to bring down the government of Colombia, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a cache of more than 100 computer files
  • 1,000 Ancient Tombs, Unique Remains Found in Colombia
    for National Geographic News Builders clearing land for a housing project in Colombia have uncovered an ancient burial site containing nearly a thousand tombs linked to two little-known civilizations. The site covers some 12 acres (5 hectares) in the
  • Colombia extradites first militia boss to US
    BOGOTA ? Colombia extradited Carlos ?Macaco? Jimenez to the United States yesterday, marking the first time the government has sent a former right-wing militia boss to face US justice for drug trafficking. The move threatens to increase tension
  • World Bank Highlights Economic Progress Of Colombia
    Reuters reports that "The US Congress should pass the Colombian free trade agreement to help the Andean country reform and strengthen its economy and improve its democratic institutions, the World Bank said on Thursday. ...'It is important beyond trade
  • Deep Ties Between Venezuela, Colombian Rebels: Paper
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computer files found on a dead guerrilla leader's laptops captured in a March raid show deep ties between the Venezuelan government led by President Hugo Chavez and the communist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Wall
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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to be several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and illicit industries such as the drug trade and the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.

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