Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed 18 judges ahead of the country’s judicial elections, calling the move “the beginning of the decolonization of the judiciary.”
Gubernatorial candidate José Pérez Restrepo in Colombia’s Guaviare department was wounded and three of his bodyguards killed when presumed FARC guerillas attacked his caravan.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales plans to put the coca back in cola with a new coca-infused drink dubbed Coca Colla—the last word being a reference to the country’s Aymara indigenous people.
President Evo Morales signed a decree creating the Bolivian Space Agency, to build and launch a satellite—named for anti-colonial rebel Túpac Katari—with Chinese oversight.
According to the Unitary Workers Central (CUT), 40 union leaders and activists were killed in Colombia during 2009—representing 60% of all trade unionists killed worldwide.
A Colombian prosecutor called on the country’s Vice President Francisco Santos to testify about allegations of collaboration by ex-paramilitary warlord Salvatore Mancuso.
Three of 21 drug suspects arrested in a joint US-Colombian operation are closely linked to Joaquin Guzmán AKA “El Chapo,” Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, authorities say.
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared his second inauguration the founding of a “pluri-national state,” as constitutional provisions for indigenous autonomy take effect.
Judge Kenneth Marra in West Palm Beach, Fla., ruled that a lawsuit brought against banana giant Chiquita Brands by the families of missionaries killed in Colombia can proceed.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dismissed Colombia’s expulsion of a Venezuelan soldier accused of carrying out a secret operation in Colombian territory.
Plan Colombia, the US aid program to fight drug trafficking and guerrillas, is not mentioned in Obama’s 2011 budget proposal. Colombia remains the top aid recipient in South America.
One civilian was killed and three injured at the Nasa indigenous community of Los Robles in Cauca department when a gun battle broke out between the military and FARC guerrillas.
