The biggest threat in the region is not Colombia but Venezuela. Mr Chávez has recently veered towards outright support for the FARC. Colombia alleges that the captured laptops show that he gave the guerrillas $300m (and also that the FARC is seeking uranium for a ‘dirty bomb).

Mr Chávez’s mismanagement of Venezuela’s oil boom has made [...]

The leader of the PPT Andrea Tabare confirmed today (11th February 2008) that the demonstration outside the British Embassy concerning the EXXON – PDVSA dispute will take place this Wednesday at 11, and went on to accuse those who do not attend of being “traitors to their homeland”.
The PPT gave its “completed and unlimited support” [...]