Associated Press
Friday, January 18, 2008 - 00:00
The United States is deeply worried by what it deems a dangerous arms buildup by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, the top American military officer said
Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 00:00
The letters from eight captive politicians, police officers and soldiers describe being chained by the neck, and suffering from malaria, tropical parasites, heart ailments and diarrhea so severe that one captive couldn't walk
Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday shrugged off Colombia's criticism that he ignored crimes committed by that nation's guerrillas when he urged world leaders to stop classifying them as terrorists
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
Gutierrez said the administration hopes Congress will take them up in the order that they were signed starting with Colombia and followed by Panama
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
44 of them — 14 soldiers, 19 police officers, seven politicians, a governor and three U.S. defense contractors — are labeled "political prisoners" available to swap
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez defended Colombia's leftist rebels as armies — not terrorists — on Friday, a day after triumphantly mediating the release of two of their hundreds of hostages
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
Elvira Forero, head of Colombia's child welfare agency, said Thursday that she spoke with Rojas, who was still in Caracas, and assured her that Colombian authorities were ready to hand over Emmanuel
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian rebels on Wednesday provided a pickup location for two hostages they have held for years, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, and the Colombian government gave him the green light
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 00:00
President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday swore in six new Cabinet ministers in a shake-up she said was needed for "the second stage" of her government
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 00:00
The White House could force Congress to vote on trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama if congressional leaders try to stop them from coming up