Colombia and Venezuela set to discuss border closure
The Foreign Ministers of Colombia and Venezuela will meet in New York next week to discuss Caracas’ recent decision to close the border between the countries at night, reported local media on…
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Venezuelans seek removal of ELN radio station
Venezuelans living in a region bordering Colombia have requested that a radio station operated by the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) be removed from the air, according to Caracol Radio.
Expelled Venezuelan opposition activists ‘were also politically active in Colombia’
Two Venezuelan opposition activists who were expelled from Colombia last week had been politically active in opposition to the Colombian government, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
Colombia expels Venezuelan student opposition activist
A Venezuelan opposition activist has been deported from Colombia and handed to Venezuelan authorities on Friday, Colombia’s foreign ministry said Friday.
Colombia, Venezuela initiate ‘Plan for Prosperity’ for starving border communities
Colombia and Venezuela have begun a program to provide subsidized food to more than 16,000 families settled in Wayuu indigenous communities on the border between the two countries, the Colombian Foreign Ministry said…
Colombia agriculture exports could expand to include Russian market
The Colombian government is exploring ways to reduce the cost of agricultural inputs, which currently represent 30% of expenditures in the agricultural sector, and 50% of livestock, local media reported Thursday.
Venezuela’s Colombia border curfew doesn’t solve issue: trade organization
The Venezuela-Colombia trade organization has warned that the current curfew measures on the border between the two countries doesn’t serve as solution, Colombia’s El Espectador newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Venezuela sends 17K troops to Colombian border in smuggling crackdown
The Venezuelan government announced the nightly closure of its border along with deployment of 17,000 troops to patrol the long boundary it shares with with Colombia, local news reported Monday.
Colombia, Venezuela border closure causing discontent
Truckers in one of the border states of Colombia and Venezuela are protesting the closure of the border as a measure to curb contraband, reported local media.