Colombia agrees to Venezuela talks
Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez said this weekend that his government is willing to accept Venezuela’s invitation to sit down and talk about improving relations. “I invite Venezuelan Foreign Minister…
Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez said this weekend that his government is willing to accept Venezuela’s invitation to sit down and talk about improving relations. “I invite Venezuelan Foreign Minister…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Friday that although his concerns about a potential Venezuelan “peasant militia” may be “inconvenient,” they remain true. In an interview with El Espectador, Silva…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated Thursday that he is prepared to meet with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe, saying at a press conference, “Let’s sit down and talk like gentlemen.”…
The National Electoral Commission on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Colombia’s Bolivarian Socialist Movement (MBS) against the commission’s decision to prevent the movement registering as a political party. National Electoral Commission…
Bolivian President Evo Morales ripped into his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday, calling the Andean leader “an agent of the empire”, who attended the Rio Group Summit in Mexico…
Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez have had yet another heated spat in Cancun. Even if the host president, Felipe Calderon, organises the creation of a “group of friends” to help…
Foreign policy has been the weakest link of the 8-year Uribe administration, which has achieved little and lost a lot on several areas ranging from economics to human rights. Nonetheless,…
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe on Monday asked his Defense Minister Gabriel Silva to refrain from making public statements about Venezuela without first consulting him. Uribe was responding to a statement…
Months of simmering tension between Colombia and Venezuela exploded into a shouting match between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Rio Group Summit in Mexico…