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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
The Colombian government on Monday sent a bill to Congress that would impose tax on wealthy citizens and businesses in a bid to raise about $1 billion per-year
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
In the last quarter of 2008, regional GDP contracted by 1.9% in seasonally adjusted terms over the previous quarter and this drop--the first in almost six years--deepened in the first three months of 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez placed ties with Colombia under review after the neighboring country authorized the U.S. military’s use of bases for anti- drug surveillance flights
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
Uribe is negotiating a deal with the United States to increase anti-narcotics operations in the country. The talks follow Ecuador's decision to end a program in which Washington used an air base there
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
A letter was released from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, on Saturday saying it is willing to free two of the hostages but the rest would only be released as part of an exchange for guerrillas held in government jails
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
A report from the General Accounting Office blames corruption and lack of cooperation with the U.S. for an increase in cocaine trafficking. Venezuela's ambassador calls it a 'poor analysis'
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
A U.S. congressional report on drug trafficking in Venezuela charges that corruption within the government and military has led to a permissive environment
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
The report's findings, which were denied by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, may present a new obstacle to the Obama administration's attempt to thaw America's relations with the influential South American country
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
Governmental corruption and the refusal to cooperate with U.S. counter-drug efforts are worsening a ballooning drug trafficking problem in Venezuela, according to a new report by the investigative office of the U.S. Congress
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
The weapons may have been originally sold to the Venezuelan army before an arms embargo in 2006