Benedict Mander
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 00:00
Mr Santos, once a bitter enemy of Mr Chavez, recently described him as a "factor of stability" for the region.
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 00:00
Ecopetrol agreed with its Venezuelan counterpart, PDVSA, to form a joint venture to recover four mature oil fields in the west of the country near the Colombian border.
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 00:00
Speculation has been rife for weeks as to what Chavez's illness could mean for Venezuelan debt, and prices have recovered considerably as traders bet that the likelihood of a regime change has increased.
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00
For the time being, perhaps those most affected by Chavez's attempts to shake up regional trade are Venezuelan consumers.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela's prolix president was at pains to explain how the PSUV won 5.4m votes nationwide, while the opposition’s Coalition for Democratic Unity (MUD) got just 5.3m votes
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
Big opposition gains in Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday threaten to put a brake on President Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian revolution.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, will on Tuesday visit Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's newly-inaugurated president, little more than a fortnight after breaking diplomatic ties.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela can ill afford to stop selling oil to its best customer, particularly not when it is already suffering from a precipitous decline in production and export revenues.
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 00:00
Mr Chavez's latest move may have little material impact, with diplomatic relations already de facto broken, while bilateral trade has plummeted by more than 70 per cent.
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 00:00
In reality, diplomatic relations could hardly get much worse anyway, even if it does make life difficult for the incoming government of Juan Manuel Santos.