Vichada (Region- Colombia)

After instigating Hondurus coup–is US/Columbia invading Venezuela?

There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall reawakening of Latin America pose to the role that the U.S. arrogates to itself as lord of the entire Western Hemisphere. The almost...

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Venezuela, Colombia spar

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 CARACAS: Tensions mounted between rival South American nations Venezuela and Colombia on Tuesday as Caracas accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in international waters. The four members...

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Colombia frees Venezuelan guards

The men's release would be a gesture of 'brotherly affection', Mr Uribe said Colombia has released four members of the Venezuelan national guard who were detained on Colombian territory. Colombia says they were stopped on...

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Colombia to Auction Off 178 Oil Blocks

Colombia plans to auction off 178 oil exploration and production blocks with the goal of attracting $100 million worth of investment, the director of the National Hydrocarbons Agency, or ANH, said. In an interview published...

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Cambio on “the new cartels”

Colombia has demobilized or arrested many of the country’s top narcotraffickers in recent years. The North Valle Cartel, which dominated the cocaine trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is almost fully dismantled. Yet the...

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Colombian president contracts swine flu

From correspondents in Americas, 07:30 AM IST Bogota, Aug 31 (EFE) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the influenza A (H1N1) , also known as swine flu, officials said Sunday. Presidential press secretary Cesar...

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Biodiesel fuels displacement in Colombia

"Biofuels have become \'very in vogue\' ... we are doing a study on [biofuels in Colombia]\" -Ethel Sennhauser, Sector Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development in Latin America - World Bank Latin America Development...

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President warns of 'winds of war'

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Quito, Ecuador LEFTIST leaders from Venezuela and Ecuador thundered against a US military presence in Latin America today, warning the "winds of war" were blowing across...

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“These killings were carried out in a more or less systematic fashion by significant elements...

Here are excerpts from today’s press statement from Philip Alston, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for extrajudicial executions. Alston just finished a ten-day visit to Colombia, where he investigated allegations of...

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Vistahermosa and Puerto Toledo

This is the second of (probably) three posts presenting initial impressions of Colombia’s “Integrated Action” strategy and programs. The first post is here. These programs are being billed as the model for much future U.S....

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