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Colombia’s Santos says holding talks with FARC rebels

August 23, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government is seeking peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, the FARC, and could consider also holding talks with a second rebel movement, President Juan Manuel...

Colombia replaces finance minister in surprise move

August 23, 2021 at 12:50 p.m.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos moved Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas to head the finance ministry on Thursday in a surprise move for Latin America's fourth-largest economy. At...

Colombia replaces finance minister in surprise move

August 22, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos moved Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas to head the finance ministry on Thursday in a surprise move for Latin America's fourth-largest economy. At...

Exclusive: Colombia plans 185.5 trillion pesos in spending in 2013 – source

August 23, 2021 at 11:16 a.m.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia plans budgetary spending for next year of 185.5 trillion pesos ($103 billion), 12.2 percent higher than in 2012, a senior government source told Reuters on...

Exclusive: Colombia plans 185.5 trillion pesos in spending in 2013 – source

December 24, 2018 at 10:34 a.m.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia plans budgetary spending for next year of 185.5 trillion pesos ($103 billion), 12.2 percent higher than in 2012, a senior government source told Reuters on...

Colombian forces clash with indigenous group, blame rebels

December 24, 2018 at 9:46 a.m.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian security forces clashed on Wednesday with indigenous activists who stormed a hill-top military base in the volatile south as critics lambasted President Juan Manuel Santos for...

Santos ex-ally Zuluaga turns rival for 2014 Colombia vote

December 24, 2018 at 9:11 a.m.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Frustrated by increased rebel attacks and Colombia's surprising friendship with socialist neighbor Venezuela, a former ally of President Juan Manuel Santos has become the first to throw...

France holds Colombian FARC responsible for journalist

August 23, 2021 at 5:30 a.m.

PARIS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - France on Monday said it held FARC rebels responsible for the life of a French journalist in Colombia, calling on the drug-funded group to release him immediately...

France holds Colombian FARC responsible for journalist

December 24, 2018 at 1:55 a.m.

PARIS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - France on Monday said it held FARC rebels responsible for the life of a French journalist in Colombia, calling on the drug-funded group to release him immediately...

Summit sex scandal takes shine off Colombia efforts

December 23, 2018 at 11:57 p.m.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Gracing the cover of the latest Time magazine and trumpeting his nation's security achievements, President Juan Manuel Santos had hoped the Summit of the Americas would...

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