ChÃ¡vez sees U.S.-Colombian war plans
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But critics say Venezuela's president is trying to distract from economic problems at home.
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President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government.
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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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President Bush is due to visit Colombia in a display of continued support for efforts to fight a leftist insurgency.
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MIAMI - Boxes of guns fell from the false ceiling of a storage unit, crashed into a toilet and ruptured a water pipe, leading authorities to uncover an alleged plot to sell the weapons to arm opposing sides in Colombia's civil war.    Five defendants from Miami-Dade County pleaded innocent Thursday to charges of firearms sales and exports to Venezuela, where prosecutors say the weapons were to be sold to left-wing Colombian rebels and right-wing paramilitary groups...
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A top official in Colombia says the country&#39;s largest Marxist rebel group targeted President Bush for assassination when he visited Cartagena this past week.
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Marxist rebels tried to organize an assassination attempt on President Bush during his visit to the port city of Cartagena last week, a top Colombian official said Saturday.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - A Colombian court approved theextradition to the United States of one of the South Americannation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smugglingcharges.
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President Alvaro Uribe flew to Washington on Wednesday hoping to revive Colombia's trade accord with the U.S., but he could also face a move in Congress to slash anti-drug aid for the world's largest producer of cocaine.
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President AlvaroUribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over thecapture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesdaydenied government accusations they plotted to kill PresidentBush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro  Uribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,  Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over the  capture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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Venezuelan forces told to prepare for US invasion.
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FLORENCIA, Colombia  - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's government backpedaled yesterday on a sensational claim made by the defense minister that Marxist rebels wanted to assassinate President Bush during a recent state visit.
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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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On the eve of a visit by President Bush, the U.S. Embassy confirmed Saturday that American and Colombian soldiers had conducted a joint operation in the southern stronghold of leftist rebels who are holding three U.S. military contractors.