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Terrified silence on front line of a drug-fuelled war

Andres Segura is on his beat in Barrancabermeja, an oil-refinery town 200 miles north of Bogota, the capital of Colombia. To help him patrol outlying neighbourhoods, where rebels are fighting for...

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For 5,000 poor townspeople, stolen gas is their calling

BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia, Dec 10, 2002 (Knight Ridder Newspapers - Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- Children, the elderly, the barefoot - the desperate - trek along the streets of the...

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Army: Colombian civilians used as shields

Soldiers carry the bodies of 14 paramilitaries of the outlawed Central Bolivar Bloc, or BCB, at a military base in Barrancabermeja, 200 miles north of Bogota, Thursday, March 25, 2004. The...

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Paramilitaries reemerge in pockets of Colombia

Sandra Gutierrez Torres has a dangerous job. She helps run a grass-roots human rights organization in Colombia's oil capital, Barrancabermeja, and last month her work may have cost the life of her...

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Lots of oil and gas in Colombia, but few buyers

Bogota, Jan 20, (IANS/EFE): Colombia has large deposits of oil and gas but very few buyers, the country's energy minister said while announcing a $10-billion investment plan in the sector this year....

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