Ex-guerrilla leads Colombia opposition
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The political scandal that forced Colombia's foreign minister to quit and put other close allies of President Alvaro Uribe in jail is being driven in large part by a rebel-turned-senator who has defied death threats to become the opposition's most fearless provocateur.
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CAMPO DOS, Colombia -- As Javier Alfonso Vela watched 1,425 paramilitary soldiers turn in their weapons under a blazing sun Friday in Colombia's largest demobilization of combatants, the missionary wondered aloud whether disarming right-wing militias would be a first step to ending his country's 40-year-old conflict, or a dangerous opening for the return of leftist guerrillas to this provincial outpost ...
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A top official in Colombia says the country&#39;s largest Marxist rebel group targeted President Bush for assassination when he visited Cartagena this past week.
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By FRANK BAJAK  BOGOTA, Colombia - A political ally of President Alvaro Uribe is under investigation for allegedly doing business with illegal right-wing militias.
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A former guerrilla leader who escaped from prison two weeks ago turned himself in Wednesday, drawing applause from Colombia's president who promised him two free nights in a luxury hotel.
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Much of Colombia came to a standstill on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against leftist rebels accused last week of killing 11 provincial lawmakers they were holding hostage.
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Five years after she was kidnapped by leftist rebels while campaigning for the presidency, anti-corruption crusader Ingrid Betancourt remains Colombia's best-known hostage.
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Hundreds of thousands turn out to back the main opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidency.
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FLORENCIA, Colombia  - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.
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With top Democratic lawmakers threatening to pull $700 million a year in aid to Colombia, former President Bill Clinton appeared with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday and urged Congress to consider that the country has made strides to overcome violence.
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A Colombian guerrilla leader freed to broker the release of rebel-held hostages said on Tuesday an accord was essential, but insisted President Alvaro Uribe agree to a demilitarized zone as a condition for talks.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 29 -- Political figures with links to illegal paramilitary groups suffered setbacks in Sunday's regional elections in Colombia, as their discredited parties lost important gubernatorial and mayoral races, according to results on Monday.
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Bogota, Nov. 28 (NNN): The largest guerrilla group in Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), had ordered to assassinate US President George Walker Bush during a recent visit there, country
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels were stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday.
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The Colombian government is winning in its offensive against Marxist rebels in their jungle strongholds, the country's new army chief said Thursday.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia said on Friday that atop Marxist guerrilla leader may avoid extradition to theUnited States if his rebel group frees 63 hostages, includingthree Americans and one German.