UK: Colombian journalist refused entry
Award-winning Colombian journalist Claudia Duque has been refused entry to Britain. She was invited by the National Union of Journalists to give a speech about her work in upholding human rights.
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Colombia: anger at expulsion of senator
Messages of support from all over the world have been pouring in to the widely respected Colombian Senator, Piedad Cordoba, after the inspector-general's unexpected decision to kick her out of Congress.
Colombia: A Congress for the People
Some 20,000 people met in Bogotá to draw up their own agenda for the country's future. Gearóid Ó Loingsigh sent this special report for LAB.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
The Chief of the Nicaraguan Army Denies involvement in irregular armed...
Nicaragua has today denied all involvement in irregular forces operating in the Caribbean region of Honduras. (in Spanish / en Espanol)
Colombia: human rights organisation wins award
Human rights activist wins award for her organisation's struggle to regain land violently seized by paramilitary groups. Article, in Spanish, from La Semana.
Colombia: cooking up the US base accord
Cables from the US embassy in Bogotá, released by Wikileaks, give an insight into the negotiations in 2009 over the use by the USA of Colombian military bases.
Colombia: President Santos hails death of country’s most-wanted criminal
Santos hailed the success of ‘Operation Diamond’ as he confirmed on 29 December the death of Guerrero, the head of the criminal group called the Popular Anticommunist Revolutionary Army of Colombia (ERPAC).
COLOMBIA: FIVE SOLDIERS CHARGED OVER ‘FALSOS POSITIVOS’
Then-Lieutenant Juan Carlos del Rio Crespo has been charged along with four other soldiers of murdering three civilians in Antioquia and dressing them up as FARC guerrillas killed in combat.