Mayors demand UN presence at border with Venezuela
24 Colombian mayors from regions that border Venezuela asked the National Government Monday for UN presence to mediate the crisis in the area. In addition to UN intervention the officials…
24 Colombian mayors from regions that border Venezuela asked the National Government Monday for UN presence to mediate the crisis in the area. In addition to UN intervention the officials…
The Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that members of Lat Am’s Bolivarian Alliance rejected U.S. military use of Colombia airbases. At a meeting Sunday for the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA)…
Opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba said Thursday that President Alvaro Uribe is using investigations into the Continental Bolivarian Movement (CBM) as a “smoke screen” to distract from Colombia’s internal problems, El Espectador reports.…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Wednesday asked the Prosecutor General to investigate members of new leftist group the Continental Bolivarian Movement (CBM) because they support the FARC, El Espectador reported Thursday.…
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday asked the Venezuelan government to clarify if it “recognizes, approves or tolerates movements or parties that support terrorism and condone organized crime” amid ongoing tensions…
Colombia temporarily suspended hydroelectricity sales to Ecuador Wednesday in order to maintain sufficient water levels in its reservoirs over the dry season. The Minister for Energy and Mining Hernan Martinez…
Colombian Armed Forces commander General Freddy Padilla on Tuesday asked international members of the newly-formed Continental Bolivarian Movement not to act as accomplices of the FARC. In an open letter,…
President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela has received thousands of Russian-made missiles and rocket launchers as part of his government’s military preparations for a possible armed conflict with neighboring…
FARC declare Monday that establishing a continental political movement is an “urgent duty”, and state that the U.S. seeks to destabilize democratic processes in Latin America. The declarations were made…