Bush tries to bolster close U.S. ally Colombia
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George W. Bush on Sunday will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.
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BOGOTA (AP/dpa) - The leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) plotted to assassinate US President George W. Bush during his recent visit to Colombia, the Colombian government said Saturday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - President Bush was targetedfor assassination by Colombia's biggest Marxist rebel groupthis week when he visited the Caribbean port city of Cartagena,a top Colombian official said on Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, according to Colombian and U.S. officials. The Bush administration's dismal relations with ...
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US President George W. Bush and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf promised here on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in the war on terror and in the areas of trade and economy.
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President Bush heaped praise Monday on Colombia&#39;s government for battling drug gangs and corruption and said he will ask Congress to renew a US aid package next year.
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The Bush administration appears increasingly focused on undertaking a risky military rescue of three Americans held hostage more than four years by drug-trafficking leftist rebels in Colombia.
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US president George W Bush has offered his support to efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the Northern Ireland political process.
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MERIDA, Mexico  - A tour of Latin America has provided President George W. Bush little respite from a drumbeat of bad news back in Washington, which experts say adds up to the second-term blues.
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MANILA  - US President George W. Bush called his Philippines counterpart Gloria Arroyo and said their countries should keep strong ties, a spokesman said after a spat over Arroyo&#39;s handling of an Iraq kidnapping.
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Liberians called for "more trade, less  aid" on Wednesday as they prepared to welcome President George  W. Bush, who winds up his African tour with a visit to  Washington's staunchest ally on the continent.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- President Bush used his first trip abroad since reelection to press allies yesterday for help in hemming in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, nations he considers part of an ''axis of evil.&quot;
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President George W. Bush gave a vote of confidence to Colombia on Sunday, promising to secure more aid and a trade deal for his close ally President Alvaro Uribe as he fights a rebel insurgency and drug traffickers.
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US President George W Bush arrives in Colombia for talks expected to focus on  fighting drug trafficking.
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When President Bush arrives in Colombia on Sunday he's likely to praise the economic model of President Alvaro Uribe, his staunchest ally in a region increasingly dominated by anti-American leaders.
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The United States and Colombia signed an agreement Wednesday meant to knock down trade barriers for U.S. businesses and bolster a South American ally that has been battling drug traffickers and guerrillas.
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Guerrillas tried to kill US President George W Bush during a recent visit to Colombia, officials there say.