The first contingent of Cuban police experts arrived this week in Venezuela with the task of designing a training program for the new Venezuelan National Police Force.
Colombia and the FARC guerrillas have been in the news lately because of the Colombian military's cross-border raid into Ecuador that killed a top guerrilla leader.
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President Hugo Chávez said Wednesday he will try to re-establish contacts with Colombian rebels in an attempt to win freedom for more hostages held by the guerrillas.
The Venezuelan government is condemning what it calls a verbal attack by German Chancellor Angela Merkel against President Hugo Chávez.
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela may consider the United States a mortal enemy, but his government may soon seek the FBI's help about an apparent forgery.
With oil enriching Venezuela's coffers, President Hugo Chávez is lavishing billions on other countries, boosting his socialist-tinged image.
Some Venezuelans gamble in neighboring Aruba. Others sell part of the purchasing power of their credit cards to brokers who turn it into dollars. Still others cross into Colombia to sell subsidized goods bought in Venezuela.
When the Martinez quadruplets moved to Pinecrest from Venezuela about six years ago, they didn't stress about making friends. They already had three: each other.
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