Colombia: Scandal rocks Colombia's leadership

Scandal rocks Colombia's leadership

Evidence of links to death squads imperils progress

By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff | December 14, 2006

BOGOTÁ -- The Colombian government, the recipient of billions of dollars in US aid to fight drugs and a leftist insurgency, is under siege as evidence mounts of links between right-wing death squads and dozens of officials loyal to President Álvaro Uribe.

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Boston Globe on Colombia/Ecuador -- Coca fumigation

Ecuador faults fumigation of coca crop by Colombia

By Reuters | December 15, 2006

BUENOS AIRES -- Ecuadoran President-elect Rafael Correa said yesterday Colombia's renewed program to fumigate illegal drug crops on the border was a "hostile act," escalating a diplomatic spat between the South American neighbors.

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