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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. Deputy...

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...that cross over the border because they had been used by drug traffickers and smugglers. Colombia criticized the action as an aggression and said it would denounce it before the United Nations and the Organization of American States.

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...security council in Arauca, a city on the eastern border with Venezuela. He said President Alvaro Uribe and the military forces of Colombia were intent on remaining calm "because they know there are provocative forces on the border that...

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...Garcia, a pregnant Venezuelan woman trying to cross the water to get to her doctor's office on Colombia's side of the border, told local TV. Colombia said it would denounce the dynamiting of the bridges at the United Nations and the...

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By Patrick Markey Venezuelan troops this week blew up two makeshift bridges spanning the frontier with Colombia in the latest incident to stoke tensions between two South American neighbors caught up in a long dispute. Relations soured...

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...the base-sharing deal was the first step in an American military campaign in South America, and froze relations with Colombia as a result. Colombia, which finalized the agreement with the US late last month, says that the plan is merely an...

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By Javier Faria 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. Colombian Defense Minister...

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Recasts, adds details in paragraphs 2-4) The Republic of Colombia said on Wednesday it has sold 45 billion yen ($500 million) in 10-year Samurai bonds with a partial guarantee from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, via a...

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By Hugh Bronstein Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a bid to lower diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries. Venezuelan...

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