Bloomberg
Friday, September 4, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said he will use a visit to the African nation to invite Sonatrach, Algeria’s state oil company, to help develop the tar-like oil of Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe cleared another hurdle toward running for re-election as the lower house approved a national referendum on changing the constitution
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:00
Chavez left last night for a trip that will include stops in Libya, Algeria, Syria, Iran, Belarus and Russia to strengthen economic, petroleum and political ties
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
The upper house version calls for a binding referendum to remove constitutional term limits and allow Uribe, who hasn't disclosed his intentions about a third term, to run again in 2010. The lower house measure would require him to sit out a term before
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 00:00
The Colombian government has said the one-year credit line is "precautionary" and that it has no intention of using the money
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 00:00
Ahmadinejad's proposed visit to Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil has been postponed for now
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The credit line is "insurance" and won't be used unless the economic slump worsens, central bank chief Jose Dario Uribe told reporters yesterday in Bogota
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
President Barack Obama returns from a four-day Latin American trip to face Republican criticism that he went too far in reaching out to critics like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and lingering complaints from regional leaders he didn't go far enough
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
President Barack Obama has ordered his top trade official to work with Colombia to resolve obstacles preventing completion a U.S. free-trade agreement with the South American country.
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
As the world seeks to prevent the use of minors in armed conflict, thousands -- some as young as 11 -- bear arms in Colombia's illegal forces, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch