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Colombian lawmakers, business leaders, academics, students and labor leaders have joined forces against a referendum that could allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term in office, former Foreign Minister Augusto Ramirez Ocampo told Efe on Friday.

Bogota, Nov 6 The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia called on the people to close ranks against the agreement that allows the United States to use seven military bases in the national territory.

The Plaza Mayor, or central square, of Villa de Leyva is one of the largest in South America.

Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.

A scandal involving accusations of improper state payouts to friends of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has cut his popularity and threatens to complicate his re-election plans, according to a poll released on Friday.

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

Should stand. BOGOTA Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is once again under fire over the contents of a security pact that permits wide-ranging U.S. access to Colombian military bases as part of counter-narcotic and counter-terrorism operations in South America.

Around dinnertime tonight, the Toronto region will find out whether it has finally overcome the stigma of past failed Olympic bids to host its first major international sporting event since the 1930s: the 2015 Pan American Game.

MOSCOW: A new military cooperation agreement between Colombia and the United States is "a shame for the history of our continent," Spain's news agency EFE quoted the Venezuelan foreign minister as saying.

BOGOTA: 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.

Colombian opposition groups have reacted angrily after details of a controversial military deal with the US were made public.

Cuba's Fidel Castro slammed US President Barack Obama yesterday for treating Latin America with "scorn" on the anniversary of the US leader's election as president.

A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands.

Drug lord Pablo Escobar burned more than 1million in one night - to cook and keep his daughter warm.

Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar 'burned 1.2million in cash to keep his daughter warm during single night on the run' By Gerard Couzens Last updated at 12:38 PM on 03rd November 2009 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar burnt more than 1million to keep his daughter warm during a single night on the run, it has emerged.

Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power.

Bob Riley, as governor of Alabama. MONTGOMERY, Ala. a ' Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is leading a delegation of government leaders on an economic development trip to Colombia.

Officials in southern Colombia have issued a code orange alert for the newly-active Galeras volcano, pictured in 2005, which they said could erupt in a matter of days or weeks, according to the state-run Geological and Mining Institute.

Bogot, Oct 26 Head of National Police, General Oscar Naranjo, affirmed Monday that his country is willing to collaborate with Venezuelan authorities in order to clarify the multiple murder of at least 10 Colombians in that country.