Chavez denounces Colombian defense chief
                   
miamiherald.com     Jul 13, 2008            

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, left, waves to reporters as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks on upon their arrival at the Paraguana oil refining complex in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Friday, July 11, 2008. Chavez an Uribe attempted rapprochement on Friday after months of sniping that threatened billions of dollars in trade and unleashed a diplomatic crisis. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Colombia's defense minister Sunday as an obstacle to peace with his U.S.-allied neighbor, demanding the military chief be put "in his place." Chavez reacted sharply to the defense minister's remarks about a meeting between Chavez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to mend relations and end an on-and-off feud. "If he were my minister, he would be dismissed by now," Chavez said of Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel... [read full story]                    


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Mark Weisbrot: Should Obama, If Elected, Make a Clean Break With Bush's Latin America Policy?

huffingtonpost.com     Aug 18, 2008   3 related          

In the last decade political change has swept across most of Latin America. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela - voters rejected the "Washington Consensus" economic policies after more...                    

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[news] Landowners Attack Venezuelan Indigenous Clamoring for Land Rights in Zulia

venezuelanalysis.com     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

A Venezuelan indigenous community belonging to the Yukpa ethnic group, which is demanding legal title to its ancestral lands, was attacked last week by hundreds of armed aggressors. According to the Yukpa, the aggressors were...                    

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Venezuela sends Colombia fuel to slow smuggling

iht.com     Aug 17, 2008   1 related          

Venezuela is boosting sales of subsidized gasoline to neighboring Colombia in a bid to slow cross-border smuggling of cheap Venezuelan fuel. Venezuela's Oil Ministry says it plans to send Colombia's Norte de Santander state at...                    

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Colombia's Indians risk extinction from conflict, drugs war and multinationals

alertnet.org     Aug 15, 2008          

Colombia's decades-long conflict, U.S.-backed anti-drugs measures and resource-hungry multinational companies are pushing the country's indigenous peoples towards extinction. War alone uproots 20,000 Indians from their...                    

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