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Saturday, September 1, 2007 - 00:00
The main announcement after Chavez’s meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Friday was that talks on an agreement will begin in Caracas between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Saturday, September 1, 2007 - 00:00
"Never before have we gotten a green light to act directly," Chavez said. "I thank the president and FARC, which have said they are disposed to meet in Venezuela with me"
Saturday, September 1, 2007 - 00:00
On Friday, the Venezuelan leader flew to Bogota for meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to discuss Chavez's offer to serve as a mediator
Saturday, September 1, 2007 - 00:00
In all, about 30 ships from 16 nations are taking part in the training exercise called Panamax 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Left-wing Colombian guerrillas will surrender the bodies of 11 kidnapped local lawmakers over the weekend
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
The cause of the lawmakers' death has been a point of contention ever since the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, announced in late June that they had been killed
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is unlikely to broker the freedom of hostages held by Colombia's biggest guerrilla group, Colombia's Interior Minister Carlos Holguin said
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has become increasingly involved in the affairs of his Latin American neighbors, often as a direct challenge to the US
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez on Thursday pardoned dozens of Colombians imprisoned in Venezuela on charges of involvement in an alleged 2004 plot against his government
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Colombia plans to end a system that allows draftees to pay the government in lieu of military service as the country confronts a shortfall in active duty troops