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  • Venezuela seizes Colombia-linked paramilitary chief 21 Nov 2009 20:53 GMT
    ... Saturday amid sky-high military tensions between the South American neighbors. Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega was captured ... Chavez warned his nation to "prepare for war," while Colombia ratcheted up the unease on Friday when ... bases. Tensions also spiked Thursday when Venezuelan troops blew up two footbridges across the Venezuela-Colombia ...

  • Rebels say U.S. spying on Venezuela from Colombian base 21 Nov 2009 01:47 GMT
    ... Bogota, Nov 20, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- ... established an "underground base" at a Colombian army battalion headquarters in the northeastern province of ... about half the size of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. ...

  • Fidel Castro denies that Chávez is seeking war ... 21 Nov 2009 03:50 GMT
    ... the assumption that there could be a war between Venezuela and Colombia, saying that President ... President Chávez is "reluctant" to ignite an armed conflict. "I know Chávez very well. He ... Castro describes the Colombian "paramilitaries as "shock troops of imperialism," and accused the United States ...

  • Venezuela captures wanted Colombian fugitive 21 Nov 2009 23:30 GMT
    ... CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan authorities have captured a ... held an important role for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, and also had links to ... have grown over an agreement granting U.S. troops expanded access to Colombian military bases. Hundreds ...

  • Colombian military on 'maximum alert' 21 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... against any attack, amid rising tensions with Venezuela, Â reported. Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva issued the warning on Friday ... a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the ...

  • Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela 21 Nov 2009 06:56 GMT
    ... Gabriel Silva said a day after Venezuelan troops blew up two wooden plank pedestrian bridges connecting ... leader Hugo Chavez this month ordered his Army to prepare for war after Colombia signed a military cooperation pact ...

  • UPDATE 3-Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela 21 Nov 2009 04:10 GMT
    ... Gabriel Silva said a day after Venezuelan troops blew up two wooden plank pedestrian bridges connecting ... leader Hugo Chavez this month ordered his army to prepare for war after Colombia signed a military cooperation pact ...

  • Venezuela blows up two bridges along Colombia border 21 Nov 2009 22:34 GMT
    ... that Venezuela's Vice President and Minister of Defense Ramon Carrizález Rengifo echoed Gen. Aguero's comments, ... Bloomberg reports that Mr. Chávez ordered more troops to the Colombian border earlier this month, ... that will fall short of a full-fledged war. "There's a strong domestic policy incentive on both ...

  • Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert' 21 Nov 2009 03:30 GMT
    ... says its military on 'maximum alert' Venezuelan soldiers prepare to blow up a footbridge that ... a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the ... month warned his nation to "prepare for war." Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic note ...

  • Colombia military on maximum alert amid rising tensions with Venezuela 21 Nov 2009 06:24 GMT
    ... a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the ... month warned his nation to "prepare for war." Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic note ... accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in a border river's international waters. The ...

  • Colombia on red alert 21 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
    ... a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the ... month warned his nation to "prepare for war." Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic note ... accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in a border river's international waters. The ...

  • Colombian military on 'maximum a... 21 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the ... month warned his nation to "prepare for war." Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic note ... accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in a border river's international waters. The ...

  • Colombia Says It Will Not Be Provoked by Venezuela 21 Nov 2009 01:15 GMT
    ... Colombia Says It Will Not Be Provoked by ... the comment Friday, one day after Venezuelan soldiers blew up the suspension bridges that crossed ... his country will not make gestures of war toward Venezuela, which he described as "our ...

  • Colombian military 'on maximum alert' 21 Nov 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... Mr Silva said the destruction of the bridges was ... month warned his nation to "prepare for war.'' Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic note ... accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in a border river's international waters. The ...

  • Colombia's oil output up 13 pct, tops 700,000 bpd 21 Nov 2009 03:34 GMT
    ... BOGOTA, Nov 20 - Colombia's oil production rose 13 percent in October ... under President Alvaro Uribe who has sent troops to curb the country's conflict and retake ... areas once under the control of illegal armed groups. Ecopetrol's production rose thanks to the ...


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