Chavez: Receiving hostages 'delicate'
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he has plans in place to receive hostages released by Colombian rebels, but predicted that groups within and close to Colombia's government will try to interfere.
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The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia said Tuesday they have smoothed over a diplomatic dispute that erupted when a Colombian rebel was seized on the streets of Caracas, agreeing to reinstate trade agreements and improve security along their common border.
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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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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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Colombian guerrillas have freed two women they have been holding, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
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Venezuelan farms and banks could be nationalised if they break the law, warns President Hugo Chavez.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his antagonist U.S. President George W. Bush to help him secure the release of hostages, including three Americans, held by Colombia's FARC rebels.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday, the advance party of a mission to pick up three hostages held for years by Marxist guerrillas.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  called left-wing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to back his  offer to try to help secure the release of hostages held by  rebels in Colombia, including a French-Colombian politician.
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Two women hostages flown out of Colombian jungle and heading home, says Venezuelan president
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The government will not permit future international missions to win the release of rebel-held hostages after an effort led by Venezuela last month failed to retrieve three captives, Colombia's foreign minister said Monday.
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Efforts to free three foreign hostages threatened with death by a Taliban splinter group have reached a "sensitive" stage, the U.S. military said Saturday in urging the kidnappers not to harm them.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Three hostages held for years in Colombian by Marxist guerrillas will not be handed to a Venezuelan chopper team until at least Monday but officials said they were in constant contact with the rebels.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a mission to pick up three hostages being held in Colombia by Marxist rebels would begin on Friday.
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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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Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Tuesday reactedwarmly to a U.S. overture seeking better relations, but urgedWashington to recognize that left-wing President Hugo Chavez'sgovernment was democratic, stable and independent.