• Bolivian president labels U.S. use of bases in Colombia provocation Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday that the use of Colombian military bases by U.S. troops meant a provocation to the Latin American peoples, mainly to the members of the Bolivarian...
• Hugo Chavez tells Venezuela's military to prepare for possible conflict with Colombia President Hugo Chavez has ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a...
• Details of U.S.-Colombia Military Deal Cause Outrage Latin American leaders have expressed concern over a new bilateral military agreement between the United States and Colombia that involves security issues related to “anti-U.S....
• US, Colombia ink controversial military base deal (Press TV) -- The US and Colombia have signed a controversial military pact that would allow Washington have access to seven bases in the Latin American nation, says Bogota. The agreement, which has...
• Colombian vice president investigated over paramilitary ties (WW4 Report) -- Prosecutors have re-opened an investigation into charges that Colombia's Vice President Francisco Santos attempted to organize illegal paramilitary groups, the office of the...
• Morales: US planning coups in Latin America (Press TV) -- The Bolivian president has accused the United States of planning coups in Latin America after Washington reached an agreement with Colombia over military bases. "In Latin America, where...
• Russia pays $1 bln for oil exploration in Venezuela A Russian consortium has paid one billion dollars to Venezuela to assure participation in exploiting the Orinoco oil fields, among the world's largest, officials said Sunday. The group of five...
• Is Colombia's Uribe pulling a Chávez on term limits? Colombian lawmakers voted Tuesday to call a referendum on whether the conservative US ally should be allowed to seek a third straight term. Colombian lawmakers voted Tuesday to call a referendum on...
• Venezuela: Colombia isolated in S American countries Colombia has found itself isolated at Friday's South American summit due to its intention to allow more U.S. military presence in the South American country, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela said here...
• Venezuela warns against 'destabilization' efforts (Press TV) -- Venezuela's Attorney General, Luisa Ortega, has accused the opposition of orchestrating efforts in a bid to 'destabilize' the establishment and vowed tough action. The country's top...
• Chavez: US plans to dominate S. America (Press TV) -- Amongst growing Latin American concerns about a new military deal between Bogota and Washington, the Venezuelan president claims that the US wants to use Colombia as a power base, from...
• "Swine flu" hits indigenous peoples in Peruvian Amazon Related: Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals;US plans bases in Peru; Peru: indigenous seize oil field;Peru: protests against US trade accord rock country;(WW4 Report) -- The...
• Eva Golinger: U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational Mercenaries (Venuzela Analysis) -- For the year 2009 the State Department of the United States will invest approximately $520 million in Plan Colombia. More than half of this money went to private North American...
• Venezuela and Colombia at brink of war—again? (WW4 Report) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez announced Aug. 8 he is sending his ambassador back to Bogotá—while not formally re-establishing relations or backing down from...