Alvaro Uribe

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe today sent his regrets to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, saying he would be unable to attend the so-called “Amazon Summit” in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday because of a foot injury. Some hoped the...

Bogota, Colombia — Twenty-three-year-old fine arts student Nicolas Castro was arrested Wednesday for allegedly posting on the Facebook social networking site a death threat against Jeronimo Alberto Uribe, son of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe....

Ambassador Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas whom President Obama tapped to be the U.S. trade representative, has solid credentials as a free-trader -- more solid, alas, than the man he works for. While in Southern California to speak to a state...

Today's One-Line News Briefs Guatemala City — Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who accused President Alvaro Colom of his slaying in a video made before Rosenberg’s death May 10, actually contracted hit men for his own slaying, U.N. investigators...

Malaga Bay welcomes as many as 1,000 migrating whales between June and August, sparking a small but growing eco-tourism industry in the area. But ANDI, as the national business group is known, says the bay's natural depth makes it ideal for large...

Mockus is a bonafide maverick, a cerebral intellectual who co-founded the Green Party and is building a political base largely on the themes of decency, ethics, and good citizenship -- and by harnessing the power of Facebook and Twitter. He's also known...

Santos fell just short of achieveing a simple majority so a run-off is set June 20. But with the margin between the two top vote-getters so wide, analysts are predicting an eventual win for Santos. The question now is, Why were the polls so off?...

You knew it had to happen. As soon as the 30-some regional leaders went behind closed doors at the so-called Summit of Unity in Cancun, Mexico, the fat hit the fire. Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, and his right-wing Colombian counterpart,...

Extensively tattooed and often parading around stages and streets without a shirt, reggaeton rapper Rene "Residente" Perez is an unlikely political commentator in Latin America. Yet these days the front-man of the Puerto Rican alternative-reggaeton...

The Colombian rebel group FARC has released two hostages in recent days. On Sunday, a young soldier held for 11 months was set free, and on Tuesday the FARC released an army corporal held since 1997, one of the longest-held hostages in Colombian history....

Community organizer Carmelo Agamez has spent five months in jail and still has not seen the evidence against him, been told who his accuser is or been notified of a trial date. Welcome to justice, Colombia style. Facing what he says is a laughable charge...

Colombia said today it rescued French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans from leftist guerrillas who had held them for years in secret jungle camps. Here are some facts about Betancourt and other hostages held by the Revolutionary...