Colombian NGO Fundacion Progresar Monday condemned “serious” human rights violations at the Colombia-Venezuela border, which, according to the organization’s statistics, has seen 16,000 murders and 1,800 disappearances over the last…
Ecopetrol Colombia announced record high April oil export figures Monday, which rose to over 400,000 barrels a day – the highest since July 1999, reports El Espectador. The value of crude…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Tuesday had said to be ready to “turn the page” with Colombia and improve relations, on Friday made clear that this would not happen…
Colombia reported a 19.4% increase in exports in March compared to the same period in 2009, despite the huge reduction in exports to Venezuela due to trade restrictions imposed by…
Colombia’s Partido de la U announced in a press release Thursday that presidential campaign adviser to candidate Juan Manuel Santos, Venezuelan spin doctor J.J. Rendon, is not officially employed by the…
Presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday said he is “pleased” that his rival Antanas Mockus “keeps changing his mind” regarding Hugo Chavez, after Mockus vowed to keep Venezuelan socialist ideals…
Colombian presidential candidate Antanas Mockus Antanas Mockus denied Wednesday at a Reuters forum on Investment in Latin America, that if elected he would allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to export his socialist…
Speaking Tuesday at a Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) conference in Argentina, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he is “ready to turn the page” in his relationship with…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said that the origin of Venezuela’s soaring crime rates lies in Colombia and is orchestrated by the United States. According to the socialist president,…