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Venezuela: No direct talks with Colombia on bases...Colombian bases under a 10-year lease agreement. Colombian and U.S. officials say the deal is necessary to more effectively help Colombia fight drug traffickers and leftist rebels, but Chavez claims the agreement poses a threat to Venezuela. In this article: Venezuela, Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Francisco Arias Cardenas, United States, Bogota, Caracas, Union of South American Nations, Simon Bolivar, and Washington |
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L.A. Times - Latin America | November 18, 2009
Chavez's threats of war against Colombia should raise alarm bells
Chavez's threats of war against Colombia should raise alarm bells Venezuela's leader is not making empty threats, says a consultant: A border skirmish, if not war, would solidify Chavez's support base amid rising inflation, rampant crime and...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Latin America, Barack Obama, Venezuela, U.S., and Inflation
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Christian Science Monitor | 7 days ago
Venezuela blows up two bridges along Colombia border
They are going to monitor him more. Tarre adds that Chavez might welcome a shooting conflict with Colombia, as it would allow him to move against his political enemies within Venezuela. [A border incident] would justify him getting...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US, Caracas, and El Universal
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colombia
...over the border, where killing and kidnapping are common. Chavez accuses Colombia of not protecting its border, while Colombian officials say he backs Colombia's FARC rebels. Additional reporting by Eyanir Chinea in Caracas; editing by...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, United States, OPEC, U.S. Air Force, and Organization of American States
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L.A. Times - Latin America Blog | November 15, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to join airborne scientists seeking rain
...taking shorter showers. Efrain Hernandez Jr. Photo: Venezuelan President Chavez greets supporters at a recent protest in Caracas against installation of U.S. military bases in Colombia. Credit: Reuters If you are under 13 years of age...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Silver iodide, 2008 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Times, Caracas, Los Angeles, California, and Reuters
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 6 days ago
Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert'
...military access to seven Colombian bases. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on July 28 suspended diplomatic relations with Colombia and earlier this month warned his nation to "prepare for war." Colombia responded by lodging a diplomatic...
In this article: Venezuela, Alvaro Uribe, Bogota, Caracas, UN Security Council, Hugo Chavez, and US
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
Chavez blames US pact with Colombia for tensions
...urging his military to be prepared. Chavez heightened his conflictive tone toward the U.S. and Colombia in a speech to more than 1,000 red-clad supporters, bellowing "Down with the Yankee empire!" He blamed Washington for Venezuela's...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, U.S., Venezuela, Caracas, Imperialism, 007, James Bond, Barack Obama, and Latin America
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Venezuela seizes Colombia-linked paramilitary chief
...peace and order." The arrest comes amid rising tensions in the region, which surged when Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez suspended diplomatic relations with Colombia, a key US ally in South America, on July 28. Earlier this month,...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Interpol, Rafael Correa, and Alvaro Uribe
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Colombia (pronounced: /kəˈlʌmbiə/), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia, ), is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth largest in South America. It has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil. Colombia has the third largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico and the United States.
The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous nations including the Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona. The Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of conquest and colonisation which ultimately led to the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (comprising modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama) with its capital at Bogotá. Independence from Spain was won in 1819, but by 1830 "Gran Colombia" had collapsed with the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation experimented with federalism as the Granadine Confederation (1858), and then the United States of Colombia (1863), before the Republic of Colombia was finally declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
- Name:
- Colombia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Colombia
- Local Name:
- República de Colombia
- Capital:
- Bogotá
- Language:
- Spanish
- Motto:
- "Libertad y Orden"
- Largest City:
- Bogotá
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- July 20, 1810
- Formations:
- Current constitution
- Area:
- 1,141,748
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $327.4 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $269.654 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $4,985
- Currency:
- Peso
- Demonym:
- Colombian
- Drives On:
- Right
- Currency (code):
- COP
- Country Calling Code:
- +57
- ccTLD:
- .co
- Anthem:
- Oh, Gloria Inmarcesible!
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