Category: Andes
September 16, 2014 > Staff
Colombia’s ELN Accused of Killing Two Oil Workers
Top Story — Suspected members of Colombia’s second-largest rebel group have killed two oil workers in a sniper attack, the military said Monday. The workers, contractors with the state-owned Ecopetrol oil […] Read More >
October 8, 2012 > Staff
Hugo Chavez Wins Venezuela Elections
Top Story — Hugo Chávez won the presidential election on Sunday, defeating his opponent Henrique Capriles by over 1 million votes, with 54% of the vote. This will be Chávez’s third […] Read More >
October 2, 2012 > Staff
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Diagnosed With Cancer
Top Story — President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, announced on Monday that he has prostate cancer. Santos told reporters that the tumor is small and was caught early, and […] Read More >
October 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Alberto Fujimori Paintings To Be Confiscated To Pay Debt To Peru
Former President and dictator of Peru Alberto Fujimori may have to give up the paintings he produced while in prison, according to a report by Peruvian daily El Comercio. Peru’s […] Read More >
October 1, 2012 > Staff
Venezuela Election: Henrique Capriles Rally Draws Thousands
Top Story — Henrique Capriles, the Venezuelan opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, led a rally that gathered as many as 260,000 supporters on Sunday. One week before the presidential election scheduled […] Read More >
September 5, 2012 > Staff
Colombia Signs Agreement with FARC to Begin Peace Talks
Top Story — Colombia has signed an agreement to begin peace talks with the FARC, the country’s largest rebel group, President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday. The talks are scheduled […] Read More >
August 17, 2012 > Roque Planas
Colombian President Says FARC Planning To Kill Him
Top Story — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday revealed an internal e-mail communication allegedly written by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that suggests the rebel group is planning […] Read More >
August 14, 2012 > Staff
Venezuela Prison Deaths On The Rise, Says Report
Top Story — The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, a prisoners’ rights watchdog group, said that 304 inmates have been murdered in Venezuelan prison violence during the first half of 2012, a fifteen percent […] Read More >
August 3, 2012 > Staff
Colombian Court Says Troops Must Leave Indigenous Land
Top Story — The Colombian government said it will challenge a Constitutional Court ruling ordering the country’s military to dismantle a training base on an indigenous reservation in Guaviare province. The court ruled […] Read More >
August 2, 2012 > Staff
Bolivian Official: New Calendar Cycle Signals End of Coca-Cola
Top Story — The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales denied rumors that the country will expel the soft drink multinational Coca-Cola from its territory on December 21, 2012, the end […] Read More >