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Peru's President Ollanta Humala gestures to the press to move back and give him space to walk before delivering his last State of the Nation address to congress on Independence Day in Lima, Peru, in this July 28, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru military fails to act as narco planes fly freely

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2015, file photo, beads of sweat gather of soldier Jonny Montano's face as he rests during eight hours of searching for land mines in Granada, Colombia. Soldiers are helping to remove live mines in rural areas, clearing farms and roads that were mined by rebels so that residents can return to their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombia’s path to find peace littered with land mines

By JACOBO GARCIA - Associated Press

Colombia's Angela Clavijo (13) stretches for the ball in front of United States' Lauren Holiday during first half FIFA Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer action in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 22, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

United States will enter Women’s World Cup quarterfinal without two midfielders

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

United States' Alex Morgan (13) kicks the ball in front ofColombia's Angela Clavijo (13) during first half FIFA Women's World Cup round of 16 action in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 22, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

U.S. women blank Colombia to advance in World Cup

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Illustration on the coming epidemic of Mexican drugs into the U.S. by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

DAVID MURRAY, JOHN WALTERS: Obama’s coming epidemic of drugs

By David W. Murray and John P. Walters

United States' Carli Lloyd (10) fights for control of the ball with Nigeria's Cecilia Nku (20) during the second half of a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer match, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, New Brunswick, Canada (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

United States readies for upstart Colombia in opening match of knockout stage

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

DEA agents hired prostitutes paid for by drug cartels

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Defense Minister Jose Carlos Pinzon (Associated Press)

Minister: ‘No’ role for FARC after Colombia peace deal

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

BRUCE FEIN: Marco Rubio repudiates George Washington

By Bruce Fein

Panama Canal and Teddy Roosevelt’s land grab: Did the end justify the means?

By Mario Salazar

Colombian airborne troops parachute in a show of military exercises at the Tolemaida military base during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in Melgar, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Colombia's was Hagel's first stop on his six-day, three-country trip to South America. Hagel will also travel to Chile and Peru, where he will attend a conference of defense ministers from the Americas. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Hagel says Colombia to be valuable global trainer

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, (right) and his Colombian counterpart Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez Barragán salute as a Pentagon honor guard marks off their path into a meeting. The two men, each his country's top uniformed service member, discussed counterinsurgency lessons from their respective recent guerrilla wars.

JCS chief meets Colombia counterpart for first time since late-90s

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Brazil's David Luiz celebrates after scoring his side's second goal on a free kick during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Brazil and Colombia at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

World Cup: Brazil beats Colombia 2-1 to reach semifinals

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Fans of the Colombian national soccer team respond to television news cameras, waving their national flags, in front of the hotel where the Colombian national soccer team is staying in Fortaleza, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Colombian supporters are in Fortaleza hoping to see some history being made in this northeastern World Cup city where Brazil and Colombia face off in the World Cup quarterfinals, Saturday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

July Fourth holiday fever sweeps through … Colombia?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Colombia's James Rodriguez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

James Rodriguez, Colombia blank Uruguay to advance in World Cup

By Mattias Karen - Associated Press

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, front, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrive to give a joint news conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Biden met with Santos just three days after the Colombian president won re-election in what was widely seen as an endorsement of talks to end the Western Hemisphere's last sizable armed conflict. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Biden botches World Cup history in Colombia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos after giving a joint news conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Biden met with Santos just three days after the Colombian president won re-election in what was widely seen as an endorsement of talks to end the Western Hemisphere's last sizable armed conflict. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

On Colombia visit, Biden lauds ‘a nation transformed’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times