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Política versus comercio
The
Economist () Politics versus trade
BUSINESS is slack at José
Nelson Uribe’s tiny grocery store in San Antonio del Táchira, just a stone’s throw from Venezuela’s
border with Colombia. “I’m not selling
even a quarter of what I sold before,”
says Mr Uribe. His woes are a result of the
political conflict between his namesake,
Colombia’s president,
Álvaro Uribe, and Venezuela’s
Hugo Chávez. “Before” means
before July 28th, when Mr Chávez declared a “freeze” on diplomatic
ties and said he would seek alternatives to Colombian goods. This was
officially a response to an agreement formalising American use of seven Colombian bases for anti-drug operations, but it also coincided
with questions as to how anti-tank
rocket-launchers sold by Sweden to the Venezuelan
army ended up in a camp belonging to the FARC guerrillas in Colombia. It
is not the first time that Mr Chávez has threatened trade sanctions, but this time he seems serious. ver>>
Zapatero quiere mediar entre
Colombia y Venezuela
El nacional (Venezuela) Zapatero ofrece a
Chávez facilitar el diálogo entre Colombia y Venezuela
El jefe del Ejecutivo español, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, ofreció este
viernes al presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, la ayuda de España para
propiciar el diálogo entre Colombia y Venezuela.
El Gobierno español informó en un comunicado del ofrecimiento realizado por
Zapatero, que reiteró su disponibilidad a "colaborar en todo lo que se
solicite a España para el diálogo entre Colombia y Venezuela".
En el apartado bilateral, constataron el "buen estado" que
atraviesan las relaciones entre España y Venezuela, según el comunicado del Ejecutivo
español. ver>>
Colombia enfrenta el legado del
señor de las drogas: los hipopótamos
The
New York Times (EE.UU.) Colombia Confronts Drug Lord’s Legacy: Hippos
Even in Colombia, a country known for its paramilitary death squads, this
hunting party stood out: more than a dozen soldiers from a Colombian Army
battalion, two Porsche salesmen
armed with long-range rifles, their assistant, and a taxidermist.
They stalked Pepe through the backlands
of Colombia for three days in June before executing him in a clearing about 60 miles from here with
shots to his head and
heart. But after a snapshot emerged of soldiers posing
over his carcass, the group suddenly found itself on the defensive.
ver>>
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