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Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
Last week, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, seemed on the verge of one of his biggest triumphs to date. Now, amid renewed acrimony with the Colombian leader, Álvaro Uribe, he is staring at his second major political defeat
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
An international rescue mission to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels broke down yesterday amid accusations of lying and bad faith
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's government and Marxist rebels are likely to toughen their negotiating stances, leaving dozens of kidnap victims in limbo, after a deal to free three hostages crumbled
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian rebels Monday said they would not now be able to release three hostages as planned, accusing the Colombian government of failing to guarantee the guerrillas' safety
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages, including a 3-year old boy, from leftist rebels in Colombia's jungles fell apart Monday as the guerrillas accused Colombia's military of sabotaging
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
A mission spearheaded by Hugo Chavez and Oliver Stone to free three hostages held by Marxist guerrillas in the Colombian jungle was on a knife-edge
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
A plan for Colombia's biggest rebel group to release three hostages may be collapsing
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
A Venezuelan-led mission to free three hostages held by Colombian left-wing Farc rebels has been suspended
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
Uribe gave Bush the latest information about efforts to free the three from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
The top story in several Mexican newspapers this morning is the implementation of the final step within NAFTA, 15 years after the trade agreement began