Tag: Juan Manuel Santos

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 04:13 UTC

  Colombia/Venezuela broker agreement for Honduras return to OAS

  

  Colombia and Venezuela brokered an agreement between Honduras's incumbent president and its deposed former leader to try to help the Central American nation be readmitted to the Organization of American States.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  With Colombia support Venezuela gets temporary extension of Andean membership

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez agreed over the weekend to temporarily extend the bilateral trade pact within the framework of the Andean Community, or CAN, despite Venezuela’s pending withdrawal from that regional organization on April 21.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:18 UTC

  Santos and Chavez meet Lobo and agree on helping Honduras return to the OAS

  

  The presidents of Colombia, Venezuela Juan Manuel Santos and Hugo Chavez held a non announced meeting with their Honduran peer Pofirio Lobo and said they were committed to help the outcast country rejoin the Latin American family by returning to the Organization of American States, OAS.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:01 UTC

  Colombia and Obama closer to having US Congress approve free trade agreement

  

  White House officials said the United States and Colombia have reached a deal on a free trade agreement. President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are to meet Thursday to discuss the deal.

• Friday, February 18th 2011 - 14:19 UTC

  Colombian president says he has FARC leader and his command on target

  

  Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said this week that military forces know the exact hiding place and movements of the FARC guerrilla maximum leader, Alfonso Cano, and brushed aside any chance that he might escape.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 06:11 UTC

  Colombian president supports legalizing drugs if it reduces violence and crime

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said in an interview published Sunday that he could consider legalizing drugs as a way to reduce violence and crime in his country. He joins a list of prominent Latinamerican leaders who are promoting the initiative.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Colombian oil and coal reserves attract Latam’s tycoons

  

  Carlos Slim considered by Forbes Magazine the richest man in the world said he’s seeking to boost his investments in Colombia because of the country’s open policy on oil exploration, its mineral assets and growing middle class.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:10 UTC

  Colombian rebels release hostage but at the same time kidnap two contractors

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos blasted Thursday the “double moral” of the FARC guerrilla that kidnapped two workers while preparing for the release of several hostages held for years and revealed he was tempted to suspend the liberation operation.

• Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:09 UTC

  Uribe willing to accept US military forces fearing an attack from Venezuela

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe considered allowing the U.S. military access to Colombian bases as a way to deter possible Venezuelan attacks, a leaked cable from then-Ambassador to Bogotá William Brownfield says.

• Saturday, November 27th 2010 - 13:24 UTC

  Ecuador and Colombia re-establish full diplomatic relations

  

  The presidents of Colombia and Ecuador announced Friday they will resume full diplomatic relations after more than two years of estrangement.