Bogota, Colombia News

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia - Nine Colombian army soldiers were killed in a bloody confrontation with leftist guerrillas early Tuesday along a well-known transit corridor in southwestern Colombia frequented by drug traffickers and insurgents.

Colombia says at least nine soldiers have been killed and four wounded in combat with leftist rebels in a mountainous western region.

Colombia is considering going to the United Nations Security Council following comments by Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez.

The Plaza Mayor in Villa de Leyva, a mountain-valley town founded by the Spanish in 1572, is notable for its unadorned vastness in Colombia in October 2009.

Colombia has developed a process to reintegrate former rebel soldiers into civilian life as a way to promote peace, according to Hispanic Link.

A decision on whether Toronto will be the host city for the 2015 Pan Am Games comes down this afternoon.

Bogota, Nov 4 : Colombia's navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation's Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.

The Colombian and U.S. governments signed an agreement on Friday giving U.S. troops access to at least seven military bases in the Andean nation, officials told Efe.

Washington has no plans to take part in military operations in Colombia, the US ambassador insisted in an interview published Sunday, after Bogota granted the United States access to seven military bases for counternarcotics operations.

Five soldiers were killed and two others wounded by FARC guerrillas in the jungle around Calamar, a town in southern Colombia, the army said Sunday.

"Club El Nogal" after the 2003 bombing The man behind one of Colombia's worst terrorist attacks on a civilian business was shot and killed by police on Sunday in the southern jungle province of Caquet.

Venezuela said on Tuesday that it had captured Colombian security agents it said planned to destabilize the government, heightening tensions in the ongoing diplomatic row between the Andean nations.

Colombia will sign a controversial security pact with the United States to enhance its war on "narcoterrorism" by the end of the week, Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said today.

President Hugo Chavez's government accused Colombia on Monday of using its state security agency to spy on Venezuela while purportedly helping investigate the killings of eight Colombians.

A Colombian guerrilla accused of planning an attack on a country club that killed 39 people in 2003 was shot dead on Sunday while trying to evade capture, police said.

By Helda Martinez BOGOTA - Sexual violence is used as a weapon of war in Colombia by all parties in the country's longstanding armed conflict, and its main victims are women and girls, states a report recently released by Intermon Oxfam, backing up claims made repeatedly by national and international human rights groups.

Last week it was announced that the parent companies of Colombian flag-carrier Avianca and TACA would create a new company which would manage both airlines.

The official site have announced a change to the on-sale date for tickets for next year's Coldplay show in Bogota, Colombia.

Who knows how long Colombia's leisure class is going to be able to wait for Wall Street's decision to resuscitate the US economy.

Bogota, Oct 20 : Colombian prosecutors have decided to open an investigation into the alleged ties between Vice President Francisco Santos and right-wing militias.