Colombian authorities confirmed that Defense Minister Gabriel Silva Lujan is showing symptoms of AH1N1 or swine flu. President Alvaro Uribe is confirmed to have contracted the virus. Both Uribe and…
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said Sunday his country’s relations with neighbor Colombia are frozen and are getting colder, following UNASUR’s attempt to settle differences over U.S. military access to Colombian…
The U.S. State Department on Friday denied Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s allegations that the use of bases in Colombia is part of a strategy to control South America. At a…
South American Presidents, united in Argentina for a summit over Colombia’s plan to allow the United States access to a number of its military bases, called on their Security and…
Despite the fact that countries like Paraguay and Chile claim to respect Colombia’s right to make its own decisions, not one of the South American presidents — speaking at the…
The Presidents of Ecuador and Venezuela on Friday requested an urgent meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the U.S. use of military bases in Colombia and the country’s…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday defended the pending U.S.-Colombian military pact at the beginning of a special UNASUR summit on the deal and asked all South American countries to…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe arrived in Argentina to take part in an extra summit of South American leaders on Colombia’s military deal with the United States. The deal, allowing the…
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has written to South American leaders telling them that he “regrets” the current diplomatic crisis with Colombia over plans to allow the U.S. access to Colombian…