Álvaro Uribe

...October between Colombia and the United States could set the stage for a U.S. invasion of his OPEC country. He calls President Alvaro Uribe a traitor to the region for signing the deal. Washington and Bogota say the base plan will be used...

In this article: Colombia, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Quito, United States, Bogota, Nicolas Maduro, Ecuador, and OPEC

Colombia is enjoying a "mini boom" in oil investment as violence from the country's four-decade-old war subsides. President Alvaro Uribe has sent troops out to retake areas once under the control of leftist rebels and paramilitaries and...

In this article: Colombia and Bogota

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe today sent his regrets to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, saying he would be unable to attend the so-called "Amazon Summit" in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday because of a foot injury. Some hoped...

In this article: Pentagon, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Semana, Los Angeles Times, Ernesto Samper, Venezuela, and Manaus, Brazil

...and Colombia's paramilitaries disbanded four years later under a peace pact with the government of conservative President Alvaro Uribe. Uscategui was first arrested in 1999 and tried by a military court, which in 2001 sentenced him to 40...

In this article: Colombia, Mapiripan, Supreme Court, and U.S. State Department

...clear if council members would be willing to discuss what is widely seen as a bilateral dispute. Last week Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two...

In this article: Venezuela, Security Council, Caracas, Colombia, UN, United States, Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez, and Colombian armed conflict

CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges. "The fellow republic of Venezuela will never...

In this article: Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Cocaine, OPEC, Organization of American States, U.S., and United Nations

...the stage for a U.S. invasion of oil-rich Venezuela, a claim that Washington and Bogota dismiss. He calls Colombian President Alvaro Uribe "a traitor" to the region for signing the deal. Venezuela says the narrow bridges were illegally...

In this article: Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Washington, Bogota, U.S., Inflation, and Cocaine

...between the South American neighbours are frozen and on Saturday President Chavez escalated the war of words with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia by saying there was no chance of dialogue. "Uribe is not a politician, he comes from the...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Colombia, Venezuela, US, Bogota, Washington, and National Liberation Army

...the message that here there is brotherly affection for Venezuela and that affection is unbreakable," said Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, referring to the four Venezuelans captured on Friday. The long-simmering spat between conservative...

In this article: Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Bogota, Rafael Correa, Washington, Ecuador, and Political science

...word on referendum * Uribe seen as Washington's free-market ally in the Andes By Hugh Bronstein A bid to elect Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to a third term next year hit a snag on Friday after a panel of arbiters ruled that signatures...

In this article: Andes, Washington, Colombia, and Venezuela