Summit of the Americas opens in Trinidad and Tobago
April 18th, 2009 - 6:35 am ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, April 18 (DPA) The Summit of the Americas, which brings together all countries in the hemisphere except Cuba, started Friday at a hotel in Port of Spain, the ... Read more...
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Colombia freezes plan to resume relations with Ecuador
June 25th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, June 25 (IANS) Colombia has said repeated accusations by Ecuador for its attack on a rebel base in that country have made it difficult to renew diplomatic ties with the Andean ... Read more...
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Time for FARC to free all its hostages: Chavez
June 9th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, June 9 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said leftist insurgent group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) should release its hostages and offered his mediation to facilitate the transfer. ... Read more...
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Ecuadorian president to quit if proved links with Colombian rebels
May 18th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Quito, May 18 (Xinhua) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said he would step down from office if it is proved that he had ties with Colombia's largest leftist insurgency group. "If I ... Read more...
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Colombia confirms one Ecuadorian among dead in cross-border raid
March 24th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bogota, March 24 (DPA) Colombia has confirmed that an Ecuadorian was among the more than 20 killed in a cross-border air strike against leftist Colombian rebels in Ecuador, an admission that is ... Read more...
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Ecuador says dispute with Colombia over
March 19th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin
Quito (Ecuador), March 19 (IANS) Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has said the crisis with Colombia has ended with the resolution by the Organisation of American States (OAS) criticising Bogota's March 1 cross-border ... Read more...
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Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia
March 7th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Managua (Nicaragua), March 7 (DPA) The crisis over a cross-border raid by Colombian forces into Ecuador continued to escalate as Nicaragua broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia "in solidarity with Ecuador". The ... Read more...
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Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Colombia
March 7th, 2008 - 9:30 am ICT by admin
DPA
Managua/Bogota, March 7 (DPA) Nicaragua has broken its diplomatic relations with Colombia "in solidarity with Ecuador" to protest a cross-border raid by Colombian forces over the weekend, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ... Read more...
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Ecuador wants American states to discuss Colombian raid
March 5th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 5 (IANS) Ecuador has urged the 34-member Organisation of American States (OAS) to convene an urgent meeting to discuss Colombia's "illegal" military operation on its territory, EFE news agency reported ... Read more...
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Colombia calls Venezuelan president sponsor of terrorism
March 5th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by admin
Bogota, March 5 (IANS) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has accused his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez of sponsoring terrorism, Spain's EFE news agency reported Wednesday. "Colombia proposes to denounce Hugo Chavez, the president ... Read more...
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Insurgents seeking uranium to make ‘dirty bombs’: Colombia
March 5th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by admin
Geneva, March 5 (IANS) Colombia's Vice President Francisco Santos has told the UN Conference on Disarmament here that his country's largest leftist insurgency group was trying to obtain uranium to make a ... Read more...
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Ecuador proposes multilateral force to patrol Colombian border
March 5th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Quito (Ecuador), March 5 (Xinhua) Ecuador's security minister has proposed setting up a multilateral peace-keeping force to guard Colombia's border if the country is unable to patrol it by itself. Speaking to ... Read more...
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Ecuador expels Colombian envoy over cross-border action
March 3rd, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by admin
(Second lead, changing dateline)
Xinhua
Quito, March 3 (Xinhua) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has ordered immediate expulsion of Colombia's ambassador to protest Colombia's cross-border anti-rebel attack. He also ordered troop reinforcement at the border ... Read more...
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