Chavez hostage call to Colombia
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says his planes can fly to Colombia to pick up rebel-held hostages but Bogota must agree.
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Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday to start a sensitive mission to collect two women politicians and a young boy held hostage for years by Marxist guerrillas.
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Seven hostages held by Colombian rebels for as long as nine years appealed in a video released on Tuesday for the government to reach a deal with their guerrilla captors to win their release.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he was willing to meet guerrilla leaders in the Colombian jungle to broker a humanitarian accord between Colombia's government and leftist rebels.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Venezuelan helicopter rescue teams waited at the edge of a Colombian wilderness on Saturday for the go-ahead from Marxist rebels to pick up three hostages held for years in secret jungle camps.
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country to pick up three hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into neighboring Colombia to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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Venezuela's leftist leader is now working to release the 45 hostages, including three Americans, held in Colombia.
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Colombia agrees to a new Venezuelan mission to secure the release of two hostages held by Farc rebels.
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Two Venezuelan helicopters and their crews waited in central Colombia Saturday morning for directions as to where in the jungle to fly to pick up three hostages being freed by leftist rebels.
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Interpol launched an international call Monday for the arrest of a prominent Colombian politician who is believed to have fled to Venezuela after being accused of colluding with right-wing paramilitaries to kidnap a political rival.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez warned Sunday that the his country's worst crisis with Colombia in years isn't yet over, and a resolution depends on his upcoming meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
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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.
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country and pick up three hostages held by Marxist rebels, a breakthrough that could lead to the captives' quick release.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle.
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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.
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Colombian rebels said in a letter on Monday intense military activity had impeded the release of three hostages they had promised to hand over to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.