Tolemaida, Colombia

AMAZONLOG17 is the fourth military exercise carried out on the continent this year, a logistics operation in progress on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, specifically in Tabatinga, in Brazil's Amazonas state. The Brazilian army's website reports that these combined maneuvers of troops and ...

Buffett joined President Juan Manuel Santos today at the Casa de Narino to formalize the donation, which will help fund the formal de-mining brigade of the Colombian Army. According to the Halo Trust, a London-based nonprofit dedicated to landmine removal across the world, Colombia is the second ...

In fact, as we drive around the Colombian army base — a sprawling complex in the “tierra caliente,” or hot country, three hours outside of Bogota — she is the only woman in uniform anywhere. For decades, Colombia's female army recruits were relegated to back-office positions. That changed in 2009, ...

TOLEMAIDA, Colombia – Dressed in army fatigues, Alejandra Segura patrols a field in central Colombia, checking the work of her fellow soldiers. They are training to clear landmines, and Segura is the only woman in sight. In fact, as we drive around the Colombian army base – a sprawling complex in the ...

Mudslides and "water avalanches" triggered by heavy rainfall in the southwestern province of Putumayo crashed into houses, Colombian officials say, ... of the rivers of Mocoa, Mulato and Soncoyaco in Mocoa," said General Francisco Javier Cruz, commander of the Sixth Division of the Colombian Army.