The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... of Ragonvalia, in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez said the bridges were used to move contraband. Chavez told his military last week to prepare to ...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... Silva said in a statement yesterday on the ministry’s Web site. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez said the bridges were used to move contraband. “It’s almost like somebody’s hitting a piece of flint trying to get a spark going,” said Adam Isacson , director of the Center for International Policy in Washington. “The minor incidents are coming...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... El Universal, a Caracas newspaper, reports that Venezuela's Vice President and Minister of Defense Ramon Carrizález Rengifo echoed Gen. Aguero's comments, and . "Border passages between two places are agreed upon by the two governments in such places where there is presence of both States. ... Any other passage in the more than 2,000 kilometers of border we share with Colombia is...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Venezuela announced Thursday a supplementary deployment of more than 15,000 agents of the National Guard to six border states amid alleged invasion of Colombian irregular groups. The troops would be deployed to the southern states of Amazonas, Apure and Bolivar, and to the southwestern states of Barinas, Tachira and Zuila, Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez...
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Alleging that anti-communist paramilitaries from Colombia are invading Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez has dispatched 15,000 National Guards to six states bordering its neighbor. On Thursday Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez announced to reporters that the soldiers will be deployed to the southern states of Amazonas, Apure and Bolivar, and the southwestern...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez announced on Tuesday that his country will combat the "Colombian paramilitaries" crossing into its territory. "If the paramilitaries of a country, cross the border, they must be denounced because they put on risk the region," Carrizalez, also Defense Ministry, said in a press conference. Carrizalez said Venezuela...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... year aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing. On Thursday, Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez visited the site of the reserve in an indigenous community called El Paloma, and said the troops would help combat drug trafficking and illegal armed groups in the region, in addition to protecting the reserve. “We have more than 15,000 men deployed along our western border,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez announced Tuesday that his country will increase its military presence on its border with Colombia, due to the incursion of Colombian paramilitaries into its territory. Carrizalez, also the defense minister, said that Venezuelan soldiers will act with strength to deal with the problem on the border with Colombia. On Monday noon, two agents...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... rebels and right-wing paramilitaries.Repeating a frequent charge by Venezuela, Vice President Ramon Carrizalez accused Colombia on Thursday of intentionally allowing violence to spill over the border as a means of "destabilising" Chavez's government."Colombia has been creating a pre-war atmosphere," Carrizalez said.Chavez has also called an agreement giving US military personnel...
The Age (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... rebels and right-wing paramilitaries.Repeating a frequent charge by Venezuela, Vice President Ramon Carrizalez accused Colombia on Thursday of intentionally allowing violence to spill over the border as a means of "destabilising" Chavez's government."Colombia has been creating a pre-war atmosphere," Carrizalez said.Chavez has also called an agreement giving US military personnel...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... rebels and right-wing paramilitaries. Repeating a frequent charge by Venezuela, Vice President Ramon Carrizalez accused Colombia on Thursday of intentionally allowing violence to spill over the border as a means of "destabilizing" Chavez's government."Colombia has been creating a pre-war atmosphere," Carrizalez said.Chavez has also called an agreement giving U.S. military personnel...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... rebels and right-wing paramilitaries.Repeating a frequent charge by Venezuela, Vice President Ramon Carrizalez accused Colombia on Thursday of intentionally allowing violence to spill over the border as a means of "destabilizing" Chavez's government."Colombia has been creating a pre-war atmosphere," Carrizalez said.Chavez has also called an agreement giving U.S. military personnel...
CNN (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... Colombia has permeated our border and has intensified in the past year," Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez said at a news conference.The Colombian government is complacent toward the paramilitary activity, which is aimed at destabilizing Venezuela, he said.The paramilitary phenomenon that was created in Colombia has permeated our border and has intensified in the past year--...
ComingAnarchy.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... claims from witnesses and family that they were simple shop keepers Venezuela’s Vice President, Ramon Carrizalez, has enlightened the world that the eleven were, in fact, part of a Colombian paramilitary infiltration.
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... Colombian amateur soccer team were kidnapped and murdered in Venezuela. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez blamed the deaths on Colombia's "internal struggles," meaning the low-level criminal and guerrilla war in the border region where the men were found. The deaths will place further strain on the relationship between Colombia and Venezuela. Venezuela has been...
