Caracol Colombia
Colombia
Colombian radio stations Caracol RCN Todelar W Radio ... [Read More]
Colombia
In October, the FARC kidnapped a journalist and cameraman from Canal Caracol in Santiago, Putumayo Department. ... [Read More]
Press Conference in Bogotá, Colombia
Juan Carlos Mateus, Caracol TV: The FARC has said that the three Americans could be traded. That they are essentially part of the larger group of kidnapped Colombians, including former candidates. How does the U.S. view this statement by the FARC? ... [Read More]
Colombia
On November 30, unidentified assailants killed reporter Guillermo Leon Agudelo in his home in Florencia, Caqueta department. On December 13, two persons on a motorcycle shot and killed Alfredo Abad Lopez, director of the Voice of the Jungle radio station, a Caracol affiliate, as he left his home in Florencia, Caqueta department. The authorities formed a special investigative unit to establish whether the two murders are connected, and the Florencia mayor's office offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests in these cases. ... [Read More]
Memorandum of Justification Concerning the Aerial Eradication of Coca and Opium Poppy in Colombia
The Andean Counterdrug Initiative section of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Division E, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, (P.L. 108-7) (“FOAA”) lays out conditions under which assistance using funds appropriated under the FOAA may be made available for the procurement of chemicals for use in aerial eradication of illicit crops. In particular, the FOAA provides: That not more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act that are used for the procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy fumigation programs may be made available for such programs unless the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that (1) the herbicide mixture is being used in a ... [Read More]
Press Conference at the CNP Headquarters
Miller Rubio (Canal Caracol): Are you aware, or do you have information about, a "drug summit" led by the paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño, which would have allegedly concluded with a process to surrender to U.S. justice? ... [Read More]
Colombia
On July 6, two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed radio reporter Jose Duviel Vasquez in Florencia, Caqueta department. Vazquez had replaced Alfredo Abad Lopez, who was killed in a similar manner in December 2000, as the director of Voice of the Jungle radio station, a Caracol affiliate. In November 2000, unidentified assailants also had killed reporter Guillermo Leon Agudelo in Florencia. In December 2000, the authorities formed a special unit to investigate the murders of both Abad and Agudelo, and the Florencia mayor's office offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests in these cases. The murders remained under investigation at year's end. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Colombian television includes Government and commercially run broadcasters. The leading commercial broadcasters are Caracol TV and RCN TV. They enjoy the largest audiences and the greatest popularity. Government broadcasters include Canal Uno, Canal A and Señal Colombia. Programming includes national and international news, sports, telenovelas, and films. ... [Read More]
Remarks with Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco
FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO: (In Spanish) Very good evening to you. It is a great pleasure. It is truly a pleasure to welcome the Secretary of the United States of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice. She honors us with her presence. We are extremely grateful to her for making this her first visit to Latin America to come to Colombia to continue to discuss and work on the issues that are of interest to us, issues that are critical to this strategic relationship, and they are also critical for both Colombia as well as the United States. We held a very productive meeting wherein President Uribe and the Secretary of State had an opportunity to g ... [Read More]
(C) Mexico and Central America
The NAS Director and project officer visited Caracol, a NGO that works with street kids on drug education and job training, and observed computer equipment purchased with FY-97 and FY-98 funds. Equipment is used for developing training and educational materials and tracking the project's casework. Samples of finished products were provided to NAS visitors. Caracol also furnished a complete accounting of NAS-funded expenditures. The NAS purchased a LAN system with case management software for the Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) of the Office of the Attorney General. AFI has been the principal entity responsible for locating and arresting fugitives from U.S. justice. Installation of the computer equipment has been postponed as the PGR negotiates the purchase of a building for the AFI. ... [Read More]
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