Venezuela plays down Panama rift
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Venezuela hasn&#39;t broken diplomatic relations with Panama, despite its order to withdraw its ambassador, Venezuela&#39;s vice president said Saturday.
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PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela  - Uruguay and Hosts Venezuela got off to winning starts in the Copa America on Saturday, although both victories were marred by foul play and refereeing problems.
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Venezuela withdrew its ambassador from Panama on Friday to protest outgoing President Mireya Moscoso's argument that she pardoned four Cuban emigres for fear they might be sent to Venezuela and executed.
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Venezuela's leader says his plans to sign big arms deals in Russia does not make him an aggressor.
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ISLA RATON, Venezuela  - Big cities may be swept up in the hubbub of Venezuela's presidential election, but the vote seems far less relevant if you live on an islet in the middle of the River Orinoco, hemmed in by Amazon jungle.
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Colombia and Venezuela say a diplomatic crisis over the capture of a Colombian rebel is over.
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Hugo Ch&#225;vez's victory caps off the region's year of elections, but in many ways, Venezuela stands alone.
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Venezuela has recalled its ambassador to Panama to protest comments by the outgoing Panamanian president regarding her reasons for pardoning four men convicted in a plot to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Venezuela turns down Colombia's offer of a regional summit to resolve a row over a kidnapped rebel leader.
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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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Central American nations are putting aside border bickering to allow the relatively free movement of people and goods between nations &#151; a goal that has U.S. officials worried about a jump in smuggling of drugs and people in a region already plagued by crime and on the lookout for terrorists.
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The Colombian and Venezuelan leaders are to meet to try to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two nations.
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Energy company Harvest Natural Resources encounters problems in Venezuela.
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Major South American economic powers threw their support Friday behind anti-U.S. crusader Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in his fight against Washington for a U.N. Security Council seat.
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Venezuela has called back its ambassador to Colombia, accusing the neighboring country Thursday of bribing Venezuelan authorities to participate in last month's capture of a Colombian rebel in Caracas.
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U.S. drivers could be among those affected by Venezuela's increasing disarray.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, are trying to smooth over their worst diplomatic dispute in years with a face-to-face meeting to discuss the recent capture of a Colombian rebel in Venezuela.