The Caracas Chamber of Commerce rejects the nationalization of French-Colombian supermarket Exito in Venezuela. In an interview with local radio station Union Radio, Chamber of Commerce Director Victor Maldonado said…
President Hugo Chavez ordered Sunday the seizure of a French-owned retail chain following accusations that it raised prices after Venezuela devalued the currency by half. “How long are we going…
Venezuelan authorities on Saturday announced the capture of a prominent Colombian drug trafficker wanted by the United States. U.S. authorities had offered a reward of up to US$5 million for…
Colombia’s oligarchy is to blame for Venezuela’s soaring violence, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday. According to the leftist president, the soaring crime rate is being influenced by Colombian…
The U.S. does not believe that tense relations between Venezuela and Colombia will lead to war, U.S. assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, Arturo Valenzuela, said on Monday.…
Venezuela’s devaluation of its currency will further complicate its troubled commercial relationship with neighboring Colombia, where the economy is already suffering from a breakdown in cross-border trade. President Hugo Chavez…
Colombia’s stock market had the largest growth of any in Latin America in the last decade. The stock exchange of the Andean nation enjoyed a 927.9% increase in the ten-year…
Venezuela’s National Assembly announced on Tuesday it will investigate an alleged U.S.-Colombian plot to attack the country. On Wednesday, the lawmakers will receive a document by the Assembly’s Foreign Relations…
A Colombian man built a chessboard using figures depicting the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela after ongoing tensions between the two countries sparked the idea. Faryd Jose Quintero and his…