
Recent drug seizures and indictments indicate that Miami is back on the map as a trafficking hub for cocaine passing through Caribbean waters. After the fall of the Cali and Medellín drug cartels in Colombia, both the Florida Straits and the streets of south Florida quieted down dramatically.
by Sylvia Longmire30 Dec 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Contents: Central Americans reach agreement on letting Cuban refugees reach the US; ISIS may be linked to massive suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan
by John J. Xenakis30 Dec 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

It’s no secret that Mexico’s largest drug cartel has a strong partnership with Colombia’s largest narcoterrorist group. However, recent statements made by a former Colombian president are shedding light on the multibillion dollar value of that relationship.
by Sylvia Longmire28 Dec 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

Back in 2002, in the dark ages before Breitbart News Network, the great conservative commentator Ben Shapiro warned that the United States must “Keep an eye on Russia,” because “Russia is renewing her relations with America’s enemies.” Shapiro reiterated his message in 2007, warning America that “Russia isn’t to be trusted.”
by Spyridon Mitsotakis22 Dec 2015, 4:03 PM PST0

In a bold move sure to further destabilize very unsteady ties between the U.S. and Venezuela, U.S. prosecutors are preparing to disclose drug trafficking charges to be made against the head of Venezuela’s National Guard.
by Sylvia Longmire16 Dec 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

The drug trafficking ties between Colombia and Mexico go back decades, to when Colombian cartels started supplying Mexican drug runners with cocaine in the late 1970s. Those ties have since strengthened, and the recent discovery of a money laundering network between the two countries’ more powerful cartels is evidence of this.
by Sylvia Longmire14 Dec 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Colombia is seeking an Interpol Red Alert against Héctor Albeidis Arboleda Buitrago, a FARC terrorist known as “The Nurse” suspected of carrying out nearly 500 forced abortions, many on child soldiers raped after being kidnapped and forced to fight for the Marxist group.
by Frances Martel11 Dec 2015, 11:09 AM PST0

The Colombian government’s attempt to legitimize the FARC terrorist organization has resulted in the emboldening of the world’s wealthiest non-jihadist terror group, details the Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady.
by Frances Martel2 Dec 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a member of a U.S.-backed coalition led by Saudi Arabia, has deployed to Yemen more than 400 Colombian mercenaries who had been training in the Emirati desert to combat Iran-linked Shiite rebels known as Houthis, reports The New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora28 Nov 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

In an interview with BCC, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos objected to the idea of helping the United States extradite the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist terrorist group responsible for years of drug trafficking and violence that have affected American citizens.
by Frances Martel20 Nov 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

After falling behind Peru as the world’s largest cocaine producer, Colombia has regained the top spot. The South American country now grows more illegal coca than Peru and third-place Bolivia combined, and most of that cocaine is headed to the U.S. through Mexico.
by Sylvia Longmire14 Nov 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the world’s wealthiest non-jihadist terror group, is condemning the Colombian government’s proposal to stage a plebiscite in which the Colombian public would approve or reject the peace deal signed by the terrorist organization in Havana in September.
by Frances Martel10 Nov 2015, 10:46 AM PST0

It has long been known that Colombian terrorists produce roughly half of the cocaine that enters Mexico en route to the US. Panamanian authorities have recently revealed that the Sinaloa Cartel has had a direct presence in Panama for years—including most-wanted kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán himself.
by Sylvia Longmire6 Nov 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

A new poll shows that, despite public support for a peace deal with the FARC terrorist group, a significant portion of the population of Colombia remains uncomfortable with the idea of FARC terrorists abandoning the guerrilla lifestyle and settling into civilian life.
by Frances Martel29 Oct 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

Last Sunday, Manuel Gonzales, a 24-year-old social communicator competing under the nom-de-guerre of Argenis Gonzalez, was crowned Miss Gay Venezuela.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Oct 2015, 8:59 PM PST0

Former Colombian president and current senator Álvaro Uribe claimed on Twitter that FARC terrorists “forbade” the local agricultural population from joining him at a political rally in the nation’s mountainous interior region on Sunday.
by Frances Martel20 Oct 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Myriam Witcher – the Hispanic woman whose enthusiasm for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump made headlines – says Trump is a “great mentor” in Hispanic countries and she has more admiration for Trump than former GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
by Alex Swoyer9 Oct 2015, 2:31 PM PST0

The Colombian government has opened an investigation into senator and former President Álvaro Uribe, largely responsible for the destabilization of the FARC terrorist organization in the mid-2000s.
by Frances Martel7 Oct 2015, 8:52 PM PST0

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the world’s richest Marxist terrorist group, is threatening to walk away from a breakthrough peace deal signed with the Colombian government in September if the latter opts to “reinterpret” any part of the deal.
by Frances Martel5 Oct 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

The Venezuelan government has agreed to allow the nearly 2,000 Colombians violently expelled from the Venezuelan border to return to the country. It is not yet certain whether their property will be returned to them or if any of the victims of this mass deportation will want to return.
by Frances Martel30 Sep 2015, 7:56 AM PST0

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro praised President Barack Obama’s “courage” in working with Cuba, while condemning “neoliberalism” and calling for a “new geopolitical system.”
by Frances Martel29 Sep 2015, 6:45 PM PST0

“Colombia’s conflict is on the path to a genuine solution,” President Juan Manuel Santos told the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in a celebratory speech announcing the provisional deal the Colombian government reached with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terror group last week.
by Frances Martel29 Sep 2015, 10:13 AM PST0

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced an agreement with the head of the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that will see the creation of a special tribunal to judge the crimes of terrorists, and in return, offer smaller punishments for “political” crimes.
by Frances Martel24 Sep 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

A much-publicized summit between Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos to reestablish diplomatic relations following the mass deportations of Colombians without due process in socialist Venezuela has not resulted in a concrete solution regarding the fate of the forcibly displaced.
by Frances Martel22 Sep 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has shut down the border between his nation and Colombia in Apure state, the third state affected by a deportation spree that has sent 20,000 Colombians fleeing home, fearing for their lives and property.
by Frances Martel18 Sep 2015, 7:44 AM PST0