Warm Welcome Likely For Uribe As He Presses For More Aid When it comes to fighting terror, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe reads from the same script as President Bush. Their shared agenda will likely produce warm words and the promise of more U.S. help when the recently elected leader of the South American nation visits the White House on Wednesday. WHILE BUSH'S war on terrorism is just a year old, Colombia has been embroiled in civil war for nearly four decades. [continues 1165 words]
MSNBC Broke Story Of Russian-South American Connection NEW YORK, Aug. 25 - Peruvian officials this week confirmed details of a vast drugs-for-weapons ring involving Russian arms merchants, corrupt diplomats, Jordanian officials and Colombia's largest rebel movement, a story that was first reported exclusively by MSNBC.com last April. ON APRIL 9, MSNBC.com reported that Russian crime syndicates and military officers are supplying sophisticated weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, in return for huge shipments of cocaine. [continues 986 words]
