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…
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos will represent Colombia at the 38th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Uruguay on Tuesday. Mercosur is a regional trade agreement between Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia,…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday again accused Colombia of being a paramilitary and narco state. In his weekly television broadcast ‘Alo Presidente’, Chavez accused Venezuela’s neighbor of trying to…
A Colombian judge requested the arrest of a member of Venezuela’s delegation to the Latin American Parliament for the politician’s alleged ties to the FARC. Amilcar Figueroa Salazar is one…
The Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Friday that countries such as Venezuela should focus on their own internal security problems rather than criticizing Colombian policy. Silva said that regional…
As a result of a 71.1% drop in Colombian exports to Venezuela in October, China surpassed Colombia’s neighbor as its second largest export market. The United States remain the biggest.…
The Dominican Republic Wednesday accepted a request from Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to mediate the conflict between Colombia and Venezuela. Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez agreed to Uribe’s request following…
