Colombian government shaken by lawmakers' paramilitary ties
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BOGOTA -- The government of President Alvaro Uribe is being shaken by its most serious political crisis yet, as details emerge about members of Congress who collaborated with right-wing death squads to spread terror and exert political control across Colombia's Caribbean coast.
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Colombia arrests a series of right-wing paramilitaries as the peace process enters a delicate phase.
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Colombian Finance Minister Alberto   Carrasquilla voiced concern on Tuesday about recent large   weapons purchases by neighboring Venezuela.
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As the U.S. President prepares to visit his counterpart in Colombia, that country's government is hit by a deep political scandal
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In his five years as president, Alvaro Uribe has repeatedly denied accusations that he's been cozy with Colombia's murderous right-wing militias, whose thousands of victims include suspected rebel sympathizers and union activists.
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BOGOT&#xC1; -- The Colombian government, the recipient of billions of dollars in US aid to fight drugs and a leftist insurgency, is under siege as evidence mounts of links between right-wing death squads and dozens of officials loyal to President &#xC1;lvaro Uribe.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Colombia's government and Marxist guerrilla leaders blamed each other on Monday for long delays that could scupper a deal to release three hostages held for years by the rebels in jungle camps.
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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 as head of a company that sells fruit for shipment to the United States and Europe.
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CARACAS -- A top Colombian rebel captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela, possibly by Colombian security officials in a serious violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said yesterday. Through his statement, Venezuela's government appeared to be moving toward asserting that Rodrigo Granda, the foreign relations chief of Colombia's FARC rebel group, was kidnapped in the ...
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By Hugh Bronstein and Pascal Fletcher BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla wasprotected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an actionthat has triggered the worst dispute in years between theAndean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.
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Colombia's main rebel group on Monday criticized a government proposal to swap jailed guerrillas for kidnapped politicians, soldiers and three American contractors, saying any deal should allow its freed comrades to return to the rebel ranks.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - A Colombian provincial  governor is under criminal investigation for taking money from  a member of an illegal far-right militia, the government's  prosecution service said on Wednesday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian Marxist rebels keptup pressure on the government to release imprisoned guerrillas,releasing a videotape of 12 former congressmen they kidnapped30 months ago and want to swap for their comrades.
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BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombiaâs main rebel group on Monday criticized a government proposal to swap jailed guerrillas for kidnapped politicians, soldiers and three American contractors, saying any deal should allow its freed comrades to return to the
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LLANOGRANDE, Colombia  - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe told visiting U.S. lawmakers on Saturday his government's record illustrated it was addressing Democrats' concerns over anti-union violence and impunity that have stymied their approval of a free trade deal.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political backing for Colombia's Marxist guerrillas will make it harder to secure a deal to release dozens of hostages held by rebel leaders, the Colombian government said.
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Colombia's foreign minister resigned on Monday after her senator brother was arrested on charges he conspired with illegal paramilitary groups in a political scandal hurting U.S. ally President Alvaro Uribe.