Two mass kidnappings inside prisons in under a month have rattled Venezuela, and offered further evidence that the system may be on the verge of collapse.
Venezuela's government announced the capture of alleged FARC operative Didier Rios Galindo, alias Ñenguere, who is accused of handling drug trafficking for Colombia's biggest rebel group.
Colombia signed a security pact with Peru and also asked Venezela to better monitor the shared border region, in a joint effort to better combat drug trafficking. …
A local politician from the state of Anzoategui, northeast Venezuela, has publicly reported a number of soldiers to the authorities for alleged links with drug trafficking.
Reheated reports that Colombia's biggest guerrilla group the FARC trained pro-Chavez militia groups in Venezuela, while not new, are a reminder of the proliferation of irregular forces in the socialist…
A new book published by London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) suggests that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa personally "solicited" and "accepted" campaign money from…
Colombia has extradited drug kingpin Walid Makled to face trial in his native country Venezuela.
With a British think tank set to publish a WikiLeaks-style database of unedited computer documents seized from the camp of FARC commander "Raul Reyes," InSight looks at the chronology of information…
Despite criticism from sectors of the previous Colombian administration, including former President Uribe, President Santos strategy of pursuing friendship with neighboring Ecuador and Venezuela seems to have paid off. It…
In the coming days, President Santos is expected to extradite alleged drug trafficker Walid Makled to Venezuela, instead of the U.S. With him not only goes Colombias traditional foreign policy…
In an interview with the radio station La FM in Colombia, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that leftist guerrillas operate in Venezuela but do not have camps…
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos told Television Española that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Revolucionarias Armadas de Colombia - FARC) no longer have camps…
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