Topic: Medellin

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 09/20

Opinion Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels

Drug lords like La Barbie threaten Mexico's security with American-bought firearms, and finance their violent empires with American drug money.
09/02/2010 05:18 pm

La Barbie: from football star to feared drug lord

La Barbie, whose real name is Edgar Valdez Villarreal, was a Texas football star before he moved to Mexico City and joined the Sinaloa Cartel.
09/01/2010 12:30 pm

Colombia offers clues for solution to Mexico drug war

The Mexico drug war is pushing officials to take heed of Colombia, which made progress with social welfare programs and acknowledgment that force alone doesn't work.
08/04/2010 06:35 pm

Giving up guerrilla warfare for good grades in Colombia

Colombia's Peace and Reconciliation program provides psychological help, educational opportunities, and job aid to the thousands of fighters who once engaged in guerrilla warfare.
08/04/2010 06:35 pm

Gallery Largest living things

Manuel Noriega, Ex-Panama dictator, goes to trial in France

Manuel Noriega took the stand only briefly Monday to give his name and age, but appeared feeble, his shoulders trembling as he addressed the three-judge panel.
06/28/2010 04:08 pm

Dudus Coke in custody, Jamaica focuses on keeping peace

Jamaica captured alleged drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke on Tuesday. The country extended a state of emergency to give security forces more time to ensure calm after riots last month by Dudus loyalists.
06/23/2010 12:34 pm

Colombia coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens

Colombia coal mine blast kills at least 16 miners and left dozens trapped more than 10 hours later, President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday.
06/17/2010 05:44 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 06/03

Colombia election surprise: Juan Manuel Santos routs Antanas Mockus

Polls had suggested that upstart Antanas Mockus was in a dead heat with Juan Manuel Santos in the Colombia presidential election. But Mr. Santos won the first round handily. He will face Mr. Mockus on the final ballot on June 20.
05/30/2010 11:10 pm

Hugo Chavez looms large over Colombia election

As voters line up for today's Colombia election, many will cast their ballots based on how the candidates will handle strained relations with neighboring Venezuela and its fiery leftist leader, Hugo Chavez.
05/30/2010 11:42 am

Philosopher Antanas Mockus rattles Colombia election

Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus – a mathematician, philosopher, and former mayor Bogotá – has seen a surge in popularity in the Colombia election. What sets him apart, he tells the Monitor, is his 'decency.'
05/28/2010 02:57 pm

Colombia election ends reign of 'savior' Álvaro Uribe

Álvaro Uribe brought security to a nation that once inspired Hollywood drug-trafficking film 'Clear and Present Danger.' But his scandals could sink would-be successor Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia's May 30 presidential vote.
05/28/2010 01:22 pm

Felipe Calderon calls Arizona immigration law racial profiling

In a speech today to the US Congress, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the new Arizona immigration law amounts to acceptance of racial profiling. He also called for an assault weapons ban.
05/20/2010 06:13 pm

In Pictures Earth Day 2010

In Pictures Colombia's FARC rebels

Terrorism & Security Colombia bomb attack kills six, wounds 40 in drug trafficking port city

A Colombia bomb attack Wednesday killed at least six and injured more than 40 people in a port city notorious for drug trafficking.
03/25/2010 09:37 am

Global News Blog In Venezuela, public transport is a gondola to a barrio

The Venezuelan government hopes some 15,000 residents a day will use the new 'Metrocable' public transport gondola system. It takes commuters from San Agustin, one of Caracas’s poorest and most violent barrios, to the city’s Metro.
03/16/2010 01:06 pm

Colombia's 'neo-paramilitaries' on the rise

'Successor groups' of right-wing paramilitaries are growing fast, causing a steep rise in violence in many areas, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
02/03/2010 12:42 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 01/27

In Pictures Animal Moms

Colombia's rebels step up a brutal tactic

FARC fighters seed country with mines made from common materials that are hard to police.
09/07/2009 01:00 am

US applies Colombia antidrug lessons to Afghanistan

A new strategy in Afghanistan to combat the opium trade draws on US experience curbing cocaine shipments in Latin America.
08/27/2009 01:00 am

Opinion The war on drugs needs a timeout

Before Washington ramps up yet another losing war on drugs, why not let a commission construct a better policy?
08/11/2009 01:00 am