Chavez makes Colombia rebel call
394997
Venezuela's president says the Farc guerrillas should not be treated as terrorists, but Colombia disagrees.
139998
The smaller of Colombia's two leftist rebel groups offered Tuesday to meet with a Mexican mediator to discuss possible peace talks with the government and reiterated its call for a bilateral cease-fire.
461514
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, arriving Tuesday in this Spanish colonial city for talks with Colombia's leader, angrily denied that he has aided the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
649293
Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
201548
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez escalated a spat between Caracas and Bogota on Wednesday by accusing Colombia and its U.S. allies of plotting to kill him as the nations sparred over his ties with leftist rebels.
703797
A Colombian rebel plan to hand over three ailing hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a Colombian senator is advancing although their release cannot be rushed, a top guerrilla leader said on Monday.
413032
Venezuela has started a rescue operation in Colombia to secure the release of two hostages held by leftist rebels, an official said on Thursday, after a similar effort led by President Hugo Chavez collapsed last year.
476885
CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela said on Thursday  it was ready to arrest Colombian rebels found hiding in its  territory as Bogota and Caracas tried to end a stand-off over  the seizure of a Marxist guerrilla leader in Venezuela's  capital.
175336
Better known for his trademark anti-U.S. tirades, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez takes on a more delicate role on Friday when he tries to broker a deal to free hostages held by Colombia's Marxist guerrillas.
516282
The capture of a Colombian rebel on the streets of Caracas has triggered a diplomatic crisis with Colombia that has even drawn in the United States, with a top general accusing the Bush administration Friday of trying to undermine his government.
576025
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela -- In recent weeks, President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez has worked with fevered intensity to secure the release of Colombian hostages from rebel groups. He has appointed his interior minister to negotiate with guerrilla commanders and has flown the families of Colombian hostages to...
637396
A meeting this week between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is key to ensuring that Colombian rebels are denied sanctuary in the neighboring country, Uribe's spokesman said Monday.
357478
BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group proposed a conditional cease-fire with the government on Monday, its most significant step toward peace since conservative Alvaro Uribe became president in 2002.
597981
CARACAS, Venezuela  - A mystery over whether a  captured top Colombian Marxist rebel was arrested in Colombia  or kidnapped from neighboring Venezuela is turning into a  political hot potato for leftist Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez.
83644
Colombia's Marxist rebels are set to free two women hostages to Venezuela after a previous mission to pick them up collapsed on New Years Eve, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday.
212755
By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - A mystery over whether acaptured top Colombian Marxist rebel was arrested in Colombiaor kidnapped from neighboring Venezuela is turning into apolitical hot potato for leftist Venezuelan President HugoChavez.
469297
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  called left-wing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to back his  offer to try to help secure the release of hostages held by  rebels in Colombia, including a French-Colombian politician.