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Juan Carlos Lecompte, former husband of French-Colombian politician ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Juan Carlos Lecompte, former husband of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, speaks with Reuters during an interview, about his book 'Ingrid and me, A bitter-sweet freedom', in Paris January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEADSHOT)

Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez Escobar, also known as 'El ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez Escobar, also known as 'El Juli', makes a pass during a bullfight at La Santamaria bullring in Bogota January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Luis Ramirez (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Spainish bullfighter Julian Lopez Escobar, also known as 'El ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spainish bullfighter Julian Lopez Escobar, also known as 'El Juli', makes a pass during a bullfight at La Santamaria bullring in Bogota January 24, 2010. REUTERS/Luis Ramirez (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (R) listens to Indian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (R) listens to Indian External Affairs Minister Shashi Tharoor during a meeting in Bogota January 19, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (R) shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (R) shakes hands with Indian External Affairs Minister Shashi Tharoor during a meeting in Bogota January 19, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Colombian police officers and members of the Red Cross prepare ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian police officers and members of the Red Cross prepare boxes with supplies for Haiti, in Bogota January 18, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: DISASTER)

Brazilian former soccer star Pele poses with fans during a visit ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazilian former soccer star Pele poses with fans during a visit at the stadium 'El Campin' in Bogota January 17, 2010. Pele is visting Colombia to promote the Libertadores football cup. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)

Brazilian former soccer star Pele kicks the ball during a visit ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazilian former soccer star Pele kicks the ball during a visit at the stadium 'El Campin' in Bogota January 17, 2010. Pele is visiting Colombia to promote the Libertadores football cup. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)

Brazilian former soccer star Pele gestures during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazilian former soccer star Pele gestures during a news conference in Bogota January 16, 2010. Pele is on a two-day visit to Colombia. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)

Members of the Colombian civil defence and army prepare to leave ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the Colombian civil defence and army prepare to leave for Haiti at the military airport in Bogota January 14, 2010. Troops and planeloads of food and medicine trickled in to Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: DISASTER)

Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez gestures during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez gestures during a news conference in Bogota January 12, 2010. Colombia's Constitutional Court should approve a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for reelection, the country's ombudsman Ordonez said on Tuesday, in a ruling bolstering the U.S. ally's chances of a third term. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez speaks during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez speaks during a news conference in Bogota January 12, 2010. Colombia's Constitutional Court should approve a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for reelection, the country's ombudsman Ordonez said on Tuesday, in a ruling bolstering the U.S. ally's chances of a third term. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez ponders a reporter's ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez ponders a reporter's quetion during a news conference in Bogota January 12, 2010. Colombia's Constitutional Court should approve a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for reelection, the country's ombudsman Ordonez said on Tuesday, in a ruling bolstering the U.S. ally's chances of a third term. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

David Murcia, former head of the DMG group, is escorted by Colombian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - David Murcia, former head of the DMG group, is escorted by Colombian police officers as he arrives at the military airport in Bogota, January 5, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

David Murcia (C), former head of the DMG group, is escorted ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - David Murcia (C), former head of the DMG group, is escorted by Colombian police officers as he arrives at the military airport in Bogota January 5, 2010. Murcia is being extradited to the U.S. where he faces money-laundering charges for running a pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of people of their life savings, according to local media. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS)

REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR David Murcia (C), former head of ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR David Murcia (C), former head of the DMG group, is escorted by Colombian police officers as he arrives at the military airport in Bogota January 5, 2010. Murcia is being extradited to the U.S. where he faces money-laundering charges for running a pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of people of their life savings, according to local media. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS)

(L-R) Angela, babalawos Victor Betancourt, Guillermo Diago, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - (L-R) Angela, babalawos Victor Betancourt, Guillermo Diago, Lazaro Cuesta and Cuban writer Natalia Bolivar attend a news conference in Havana January 2, 2010. A group of Yoruba priests, or babalawos, predicted for 2010 in Cuba and the world a high level of deaths of political figures, an increase in the struggle for power as well as coups, disease and contradictions in families. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

Cuban Babalawo Ifa Iwori Bofun, Lazaro Cuesta (R), sits next ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cuban Babalawo Ifa Iwori Bofun, Lazaro Cuesta (R), sits next to babalawos Guillermo Diago (C) and Victor Betancourt as Cuesta addresses the media during a news conference in Havana January 2, 2010. A group of Yoruba priests, or babalawos, predicted for 2010 in Cuba and the world a high level of deaths of political figures, an increase in the struggle for power as well as coups, disease and contradictions in families. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

Undated handout picture released by Colombia's National Police ...

(AFP) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - Undated handout picture released by Colombia's National Police shows members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) posing with an unidentified girl at an undisclosed location. Colombian warplanes bombed two leftist rebel camps in the southern Meta region in a New Year's Day raid that killed 18 rebels and resulted in the capture of 11 others, the defense minister said Photo:/AFP

Colombia´s Finance Minister Oscar Zuluaga speaks during a Reuters ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia´s Finance Minister Oscar Zuluaga speaks during a Reuters interview in Bogota December 28, 2009. Colombia is maintaining its 2010 deficit and economic growth targets despite market concerns related to slow government income, Zuluaga told Reuters on Monday. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

Soldiers patrol in an armoured personnel carrier in Corinto, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers patrol in an armoured personnel carrier in Corinto, Cauca province, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (3rd L) and Defense minister ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (3rd L) and Defense minister Gabriel Silva (L) stand near the casket of Caqueta Governor Luis Cuellar, who was kidnapped and killed by FARC rebels, as it arrives in Bogota December 24, 2009. The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of the Colombian governor on Monday in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro Uribe blamed on rebels who are resisting his U.S.-backed army. REUTERS/Felipe Pinzon-Presidency/Handout (COLOMBIA CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

Himelda Galindo de Cuellar (R), wife of Colombia's Caqueta Governor ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Himelda Galindo de Cuellar (R), wife of Colombia's Caqueta Governor Luis Cuellar, who was kidnapped Monday and killed by FARC rebels, and a relative mourn during his funeral in Florencia December 23, 2009. The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of the Colombian governor in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro Uribe blamed on rebels who are resisting his U.S.-backed army offensive. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY)

Relatives and friends of Colombia's Caqueta Governor Luis Fernando ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Relatives and friends of Colombia's Caqueta Governor Luis Fernando Cuellar, who was kidnapped Monday and killed by FARC rebels, carry his coffin before a religious ceremony in Florencia December 23,2009. The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of the Colombian governor in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro Uribe blamed on rebels who are resisting his U.S.-backed army offensive. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY)

The relatives and friends of Colombia's Caqueta state Governor ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Caqueta´s governor Luis Francisco Cuellar is seen in this undated ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Caqueta´s governor Luis Francisco Cuellar is seen in this undated handout picture taken in Florencia. REUTERS/La Nacion

The relatives and friends of Colombia's Caqueta state Governor ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The relatives and friends of Colombia's Caqueta state Governor Luis Cuellar, who was kidnapped and killed by FARC rebels on Monday, attend his funeral in Florencia, December 23, 2009. The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of a Colombian governor in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro Uribe blamed on rebels who are resisting his U.S.-backed army offensive. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)

A soldier stands guard at the airport in Florencia December ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier stands guard at the airport in Florencia December 23, 2009. A recent report by a local research group said President Alvaro Uribe's so-called 'Democratic Security' policy may have peaked last year after the successes against the FARC and traffickers and the disarming of paramilitaries who once fought the rebels. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)

Colombian police inspect the wreckage of a pickup truck allegedly ...

(AFP) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Colombian police inspect the wreckage of a pickup truck allegedly burned by FARC guerrillas after kidnapping Luis Francisco Cuellar, governor of Colombia's southern department of Caqueta, in Alto Brasilia district. The body of the kidnapped governor was found with his throat slashed, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said hours after he launched a massive military operation to rescue the man. Photo:/AFP

The granddaughter and friends of Colombia's Caqueta state Governor ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The granddaughter and friends of Colombia's Caqueta state Governor Luis Cuellar, who was kidnapped and killed by FARC rebels on Monday, attend his funeral in Florencia December 23, 2009. The international community on Wednesday condemned the murder of a Colombian governor in a high-profile abduction that President Alvaro Uribe blamed on rebels who are resisting his U.S.-backed army offensive. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: MILITARY OBITUARY POLITICS)

REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION Caqueta's governor Luis Francisco ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION Caqueta's governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, who was kidnapped by FARC rebels, is seen in this undated handout picture taken in Florencia. Cuellar was killed shortly after FARC guerrillas snatched him in a surprise raid on his home, authorities said on December 22, 2009. REUTERS/La Nacion/Handout (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION Caqueta's governor Luis Francisco ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION Caqueta's governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, who was kidnapped by FARC rebels, is seen in Florencia in this recent undated handout television grab. Cuellar was killed shortly after FARC guerrillas snatched him in a surprise raid on his home, authorities said on December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Rcn-Tv/Handout (COLOMBIA - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

The body of police officer Javier Garcia lies in a street in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The body of police officer Javier Garcia lies in a street in Florencia after he was killed by suspected FARC rebels, who kidnapped Caqueta governor Luis Fernando Cuellar, December 21,2009. Colombian troops on Tuesday searched for the local governor kidnapped by leftist FARC guerrillas in a nighttime raid that could test President Alvaro Uribe's security campaign. Picture taken December 21. REUTERS/HO/Alexa Ramirez/Diario del Huila/Handout (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Caqueta´s governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, who was allegedly ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Caqueta´s governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, who was allegedly kidnapped by FARC rebels, is seen in this undated handout picture taken in Florencia. Colombian troops on Tuesday searched for the local governor kidnapped by leftist FARC guerrillas in a nighttime raid that could test President Alvaro Uribe's security campaign. REUTERS/La Nacion/Files (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a news conference at Palace Narino in Bogota December 22, 2009. Uribe on Tuesday ordered troops to hunt down and rescue a state governor who authorities said was kidnapped by leftist FARC guerrillas in a brazen night-time assault on his home. REUTERS/Cesar Carrion/Presidency/Handout (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

File photo shows a man holding a Colombian flag and a sign that ...

(AFP) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a man holding a Colombian flag and a sign that reads 'No more FARC' during a protest march in Bogota. Marxist FARC rebels kidnapped the governor of Colombia's southern department of Caqueta, snatching him from his home, local media reported. Photo:Mauricio Duenas/AFP

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (R) poses with soldiers injured ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (R) poses with soldiers injured in combat during a Christmas ceremony at the presidential palace in Bogota in this undated handout. REUTERS/Felipe Pinzon/Presidency/Handout (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A worker sew shirts in a factory in Bogota December 16, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker sew shirts in a factory in Bogota December 16, 2009. As its economy slowly crawls back from the global financial crisis, Colombia's spat with Venezuela is threatening to hobble Colombian recovery, with some analysts seeing the trade feud trimming gross domestic product by around 1 percent. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Workers sew shirts in a factory in Bogota December 16, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers sew shirts in a factory in Bogota December 16, 2009. As its economy slowly crawls back from the global financial crisis, Colombia's spat with Venezuela is threatening to hobble Colombian recovery, with some analysts seeing the trade feud trimming gross domestic product by around 1 percent. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Sebastian Marroquin (L), son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sebastian Marroquin (L), son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar, and Argentinian director Nicolas Entel pose during the premiere of the documentary 'Sins of My Father' in Bogota December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA SOCIETY)

Sebastian Marroquin, son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sebastian Marroquin, son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar, is photographed before the premiere of the documentary 'Sins of My Father' in Bogota December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA SOCIETY)

In this file photo Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this file photo Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech during the seventh Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC) in Margarita, July 3, 2008, where he talked about the rescue of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout

Yolanda Pulecio (L), mother of Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Yolanda Pulecio (L), mother of Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, speaks with Charlotte Cassez (R) during a march to the Mexican Embassy in Paris December 8, 2009. Charlotte's daughter, Florence Cassez, a French woman, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping, arms possession, and other crimes last year and was initially sentenced to 96 years in jail. Florence Cassez is in jail in Mexico following her arrest on December 8, 2005. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: CRIME LAW)

A child looks at a Christmas decoration at the Simon Bolivar ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A child looks at a Christmas decoration at the Simon Bolivar park in Bogota December 7, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA RELIGION SOCIETY)

A man holds a candle at the Simon Bolivar park in Bogota December ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man holds a candle at the Simon Bolivar park in Bogota December 7, 2009. The candle light event takes place every year to mark the start of Christmas festivities. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA RELIGION SOCIETY)

An illuminated Christmas decoration of an angel overlooks Bogota ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An illuminated Christmas decoration of an angel overlooks Bogota city December 7, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA CITYSCAPE SOCIETY RELIGION)

People gather at Bogota's illuminated central square ahead of ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People gather at Bogota's illuminated central square ahead of Christmas December 7, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)

Fireworks explode in the sky to mark the first day that Christmas ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fireworks explode in the sky to mark the first day that Christmas decorations are lit up in Bogota December 7, 2009. REUTERS/John Vzicaino (COLOMBIA ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)