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…
Colombian natural gas exports to Venezuela will rise to 250 million cubic feet a day by March, said Colombia’s mining and energy minister, Hernan Martinez, on Wednesday. Colombia’s state-controlled oil…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva Wednesday denied an accusation by Venezuela that Colombia has a plan to bomb the socialist nation under the pretext of pursuing guerrilla groups onto Venezuelan…
Venezuela is “building a Berlin Wall against Colombia” by implementing an illegal embargo against the Andean nation’s economy, Colombian President Alavro Uribe said Wednesday. Uribe, in Portugal to attend a…