BOGOTÁ - President Álvaro Uribe, whose government has forged a close alliance with the United States to fight Marxist guerrillas and drug traffickers, stepped closer to extending his presidency when Colombia’s Senate voted late Wednesday in favor of an effort to allow him to run for reelection.By: Juan Forero|Date: Aug 21, 2009

MEDELLIN, Colombia - In a small courtroom here, Ever Veloza has over the past year confessed to nearly 1,000 slayings in Colombia's conflict and recounted how the death squads he helped run were supported by army officers and prominent politicians.By: Juan Forero|Date: Aug 24, 2008

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...for more than two years under a different name, Juan David Gomez. Elvira Forero, head of Colombia's child welfare agency, said...whenever she decides she's ready." In the meantime, Forero said games are being used to teach the child to recognize...By: Joshua Goodman|Date: Jan 11, 2008