Venezuelan Politics

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Colombia to return Venezuela national guard troops

AP News 9 days ago

Colombia detains 4 Venezuelan national guard troops, plans repatriation to calm relations Four soldiers from Venezuela's National Guard captured in Colombian territory will be repatriated in a bid to ease tensions between the South American neighbors, President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday. ...

Group: Work half done to clear world of land mines

AP News 12 days ago

Group: Work half done to clear the world of land mines, a decade after treaty's signing Significant progress has been made in removing land mines around the world, but the hidden devices killed more than 1,260 people last year, the International Campaign ...

US urges dialogue between Venezuela, Colombia

AFP American Edition 13 days ago

The United States on Tuesday called on Colombia and Venezuela to talk out their differences, before the growing tension over a US-Colombian military base deal gets out of hand. "We certainly don't think this is about the US," State Department spokesman Philip ...

Colombia turns to U.N., OAS after Venezuela war talk

Reuters US Online Report World News 15 days ago

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace. For months ...

Colombia eyes UN help as Chavez readies army 'for war'

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Colombia is to seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war." "Faced with these threats of war by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia is weighing heading to the Organization of American States ...

Colombia seeks UN help, Chavez readies for 'war'

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Colombia has said it will seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war." "Faced with these threats of war by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia is weighing heading to the Organization of ...

Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia

AP News 15 days ago

Chavez warns Colombia, US against possible aggression against Venezuela President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war ...

Latam New Strongmen

AP News 21 days ago

FILE - In this June 29, 2009 file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, second left, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, third left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, fourth left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa pose for a photo ...

Venezuela arrests eight Colombian "paramilitaries"

Reuters US Online Report World News 24 days ago

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Friday it had arrested eight Colombians and two local residents suspected of paramilitary activities on the border between the two feuding South American neighbors. The arrests in Venezuela's western Tachira state were the latest incident in ...

Colombia US Bases

AP News 25 days ago

In this photo released by Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs press office, US ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield, second left, and Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, second right, sign a bilateral agreement as Colombia's Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia, left, and ...

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