Venezuela Halts Colombia Business Deals Over Kidnap
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez froze ongoing bilateral accords and energy deals withColombia on Friday in retaliation for the abduction of aleading Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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Indonesia and Exxon Mobil Corp.  have halted negotiations on the disputed Natuna D-Alpha gas block, which is now controlled by the U.S. company, an official at energy watchdog BPMIGAS told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Colombian rebels blame military operations for blocking the release of hostages, Venezuela's president says.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela said on Thursdayit would arrest Colombian rebels found hiding in its territoryas Bogota and Caracas tried to end a stand-off over the seizureof a rebel leader in the Venezuelan capital.
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The U.S. government ordered Venezuela to close its military purchasing office in Miami after suspending arms sales to the South American country, American officials said Thursday.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe agreed on Tuesday to boost security cooperation and restart stalled trade deals after meeting to end a dispute over a captured Colombian guerrilla leader.
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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.
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Colombia on Saturday refused to pull back troops to create a safe zone for talks aimed at freeing rebel hostages including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, rejecting a proposal from Venezuela.
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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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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez sends helicopters to Colombia to pick up three hostages to be freed by Farc rebels.
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President Hugo Chavez said Friday that diplomatic and commercial relations with Colombia would be put on hold until it apologizes for paying bounty hunters to abduct a rebel leader from inside Venezuela, insisting the neighboring country's actions were indefensible.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan- sponsored plan to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels was stalled by the guerrillas' failure to reveal their location, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said it may unravel if the stalemate drags on.
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Indonesia and Exxon Mobil Corp.   have halted negotiations on the disputed Natuna D-Alpha gas  block, which is now controlled by the U.S. company, an official  at energy watchdog BPMIGAS told Reuters on Tuesday.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan helicopter mission to rescue three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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Colombia rejects accusations that its security forces violated Venezuelan territory to capture a rebel leader.
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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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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.