Venezuela severs ties with Colombia

Hope venezuela and colombia,will bridge ties more,than sever ties.

Sorry, but as long as Dictator-for-life Chavez is in power, thats not going to happen. Columbia doesn't support the socialist state that Chavez is trying to foist on his people. Whats amusing is seeing DFC Chavez still trying to blame the US despite the power shift to a fellow socialist.

“Hopefully he’ll understand that leftist and right-wing governments can live together,” Chavez said of Santos.

Couldn't agree more... so what about a hug?!

The main factor causing instability in the region is Chavez.

This guy is ultra paranoid. Does he smoke too much pot or what?

Chavez is like Kim in NK, it need someone to blame and fear for distract people from bad economic policies. Center left like Lula understand better the economy and make more friends than enemies.

Chavez is like Kim in NK, it need someone to blame and fear for distract people from bad economic policies.

Really, private enterprises seem to be dominating Hugo's little socialist country (at 70%). What's happening here LOL

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/07/21/2003478439

Chavez may be the nastiest thing to have happened in Latin America in a long time, but when it comes to survival he knows what he is doing (unfortunately) and now the heat is on just watch how FARC disappear from the country, for a while at least. But I will bet there is a plane on the tarmac 24 hours a day ready to leave, just in case.

jraustralia where on earth did you find an article like that? I loved the "He now has a favorable congress and judges" line. Absolutely adorable!!! heh

I loved the "He now has a favorable congress and judges" line. Absolutely adorable!!!

mmmm, same with Obama I believe. In fact some Conservatives are now bemoaning the make-up of SCOTUS.... for the first-time in US history the court will be run without a single Protestant on board. (Just found out Roberts' a Catholic, not that anyone should give a shoot about his religion)

....Neither Chavez nor his OAS ambassador directly responded to the Colombian challenge to let people visit the alleged site of the camps.

then he goes on to say...Chavez suggested the photographs could be bogus, saying Uribe “is capable of anything.”

to me Chavez es the more spiteful one here,I wouldn't put it past him, why doesn't he just let the camp sites be visited and prove it's not true?...What's he afraid of?

to me Chavez es the more spiteful one here,I wouldn't put it past him, why doesn't he just let the camp sites be visited and prove it's not true?...What's he afraid of?

Or more importantly continually pursue extradition requests for alleged guerrilla leaders hiding in Venezuela. Chavez after all had been v. helpful in extraditing Colombian drug barons to the US!

to me Chavez es the more spiteful one here,I wouldn't put it past him, why doesn't he just let the camp sites be visited and prove it's not true?...What's he afraid of?

The trouble is, that it is true. Thats why he won't allow it. If the camps are visited, it will prove he's been harboring these killers. Thats why the bluster, and the tactics of striking back at his accusers. Its almost SOP for the guilty.

Let Hugo have his little tiff, it will give him something to rant about in Sunday's show. Notice that the trade between the two countries hasn't been turned off. Hugo hasn't quite lost all his senses.

He may not have lost all his senses, but he is acting like he has no sense...Then we ask ourselves why the world is the way it is, and the answer is because of ppl like Chavez a Bush and all these ppl who want to be leaders just to prove a point in "power" I say to much power is given to these ppl, the country belongs to the ppl not just who governs it...I hope they can finally come to some sort of agreement but to me it looks like it won't be so easy now...fire has been tossed on the wood.

Let Hugo have his little tiff, it will give him something to rant about in Sunday's show. Notice that the trade between the two countries hasn't been turned off. Hugo hasn't quite lost all his senses.

Considering that Venezuela imports huge quantities of food from Columbia, that would indeed be a stupid thing to do.