Colombian president "open for dialogue" on hostages
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said on Sunday he was "open for dialogue" with rebels holding scores of hostages in the jungle, after an offer by the Catholic Church to help create a safe haven for talks.
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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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LLANOGRANDE, Colombia  - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe told visiting U.S. lawmakers on Saturday his government's record illustrated it was addressing Democrats' concerns over anti-union violence and impunity that have stymied their approval of a free trade deal.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe authorized France, Spain and Switzerland on Saturday to revive their efforts to seek an accord with leftist rebels on releasing scores of hostages, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia  - E-mail may be the fastest way  to negotiate a prisoner exchange with the Colombian rebel group  holding 72 hostages, the government said on Wednesday,  declining to explain why it wanted to avoid face-to-face talks.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday welcomed Group of Eight nations' support for his initiative to free hostages held by left-wing rebels, but a guerrilla leader he released from prison to try to negotiate a deal warned that any agreement remained elusive.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia said on Friday that atop Marxist guerrilla leader may avoid extradition to theUnited States if his rebel group frees 63 hostages, includingthree Americans and one German.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Colombian rebels agreed on Wednesday to hand over two hostages and that he could send helicopters to pick them up as early as Thursday.
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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.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political backing for Colombia's Marxist guerrillas will make it harder to secure a deal to release dozens of hostages held by rebel leaders, the Colombian government said.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia is proposing to meet  with Marxist rebels in a foreign embassy to negotiate the  release of 50 imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for 72 hostages  including three Americans.
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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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Colombian guerrillas could soon release a lawmaker held hostage for six years in jungle camps, his wife said on Wednesday after speaking with a local congresswoman who has negotiated with the rebels.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent helicopters into Colombia on Friday to pick up three hostages, including a boy born in captivity and held for years by Marxist rebels in jungle camps.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe freed a jailed guerrilla leader on Monday to try to broker peace talks and negotiate the release of rebel-held hostages, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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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.