Chavez says could meet Colombian rebels
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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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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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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.
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LETICIA, Colombia -- The presidents of Colombia and Brazil met on their Amazon jungle border yesterday to discuss the dispute between Colombia and Venezuela, sparked by the abduction of a Marxist guerrilla on Venezuelan soil.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, after meeting with his Colombian counterpart in this Spanish colonial city, swore to treat any illegal, armed Colombian group that enters his country as an enemy of state.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says Colombia's Farc rebels have said they are ready to release hostages.
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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 win the captives' quick release.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hardened his tone on Saturday in a diplomatic dispute with Colombia, which he accuses of plotting an invasion, and warned any attack would be met with force.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday Colombian rebels are ready to free two hostages, telling him the location they can be picked up from.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that Colombia's long guerrilla war had no military solution and peace talks would only prosper when rebel armies there were labeled insurgents, not terrorists.
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Colombia's president is ready to hold talks to try to end a diplomatic row with Venezuela, an aide says.
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CARACAS -- 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 President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez on Friday froze bilateral accords and business deals  with Colombia in retaliation for a Colombian police operation  that abducted a top Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst  diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will  depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries'  presidents this week.
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Marxist Colombian rebels kept three hostages waiting to be released on Monday as leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez worried that more delays could derail the hand-over he had negotiated with the guerrillas.
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By Jason Webb BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia is proposing to meetwith Marxist rebels in a foreign embassy to negotiate therelease of 50 imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for 72 hostagesincluding three Americans.
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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...