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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Colombia accuses neighbouring Venezuela of blowing up two pedestrian bridges on its shared border.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday.
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Dismal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Regional equity markets broke a losing streak.
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
FOCUS Information Agency - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors, Reuters reported.Colombia's government criticized the destruction of the bridges as an aggression and a violation of international law, which it would denounce at the United
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
Experts warn that Venezuela blowing up two bridges on the Colombia border could result in an 'actual shooting battle.'
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Venezuela News Headlines #92 (Audio: 11min, 14sec) Chavez Rejects U.S. Mediation in Venezuela-Colombia Spat, U.S. Withdrawal is "Only Solution" - Chavez Says Venezuela Will Defend Itself Against Colombian-U.S. Aggression - Venezuela Declares Commitment to Peace and Dialogue, Prepares Defense of Natural Resources - United Socialist Party of Venezuela Elects Congress Delegates amidst Debates...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Venezuelan soldiers dynamited two small pedestrian bridges crossing the border between their country and Colombia, amid a tense diplomatic stand-off between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (pictured) and his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe.
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Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Venezuela has shown little interest in curbing the number of illegal flights hauling Colombian cocaine from its territory for the United States and Europe, a U.S. official said on Wednesday ( f ull information )/ Venezuela ha mostrado poco interés por frenar el número de vuelos ilegales que llevan cocaína colombiana desde su territorio hacia Estados Unidos y Europa, dijeron el...
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Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Venezuela is one of the less innovative economies in the world, according to The Innovation for Development Report 2009-2010, released on Wednesday by the European Business School. According to the report, Venezuela ranks 102 of the 131 countries covered in the report. The Innovation Capacity Index (ICI) reports that the Venezuelan economy scored 40.9, less than half of Sweden's score, which stood...
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1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
What do Venezuelans really have in common with Islamic fundamentalists? Do the Cubans really provide services to Venezuela worth more than what the country spends on education? Are Iran, Hezbollah, and the FARC engaged in terrorist activities inside Venezuela’s borders? What happened to the Reyes files? After ten years of waiting, where is the paradise [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Venezuelan government rejected on Wednesday a U.S. proposal to mediate in a dispute between Venezuela and Colombia over Colombia's military cooperation agreement with the United States. "The mediation proposal has a clear aim of deviating the attention of its primary responsibility in the crisis and it is rude for the people of the world who are aware of it," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry...
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