World News Atlas
South America
2008
March
| South America, March 2008 Timeline | Thursday, November 27 | Author |
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Raul Reyes, the top commander of left-wing guerrillas was killed in an air raid followed by a ground operation
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Venezuela
Venezuela 'sends tanks to border' Hugo Chavez has ordered his military to move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia, after Bogota killed a leading rebel
Colombia
Ecuador leader 'linked to rebels' Colombia has said documents found in a cross-border raid suggest links between left-wing FARC rebels and Rafael Correa
Ecuador | Ecuador has cut diplomatic ties with Colombia in a deepening crisis over a cross-border raid by Colombian troops. Venezuela also said it was expelling all C... |
Colombia
Colombia calls for Chavez charges President Uribe says he will ask the International Criminal Court to bring charges against President Chavez of Venezuela
Ecuador
Washington
OAS passes resolution on Colombian raid The Organization of American States passed a resolution in hopes of easing tensions stemming from an attack into Ecuadoran territory by Colo...
Dominican Republic
Leaders say Colombia crisis over 
| The presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia have shaken hands at a summit, marking the end of a crisis triggered by a cross-border raid |
Colombia
Second rebel leader killed As South American officials tried to ease tensions sparked by Colombia's killing of a rebel leader, the army announced the death of Ivan Rio...
Venezuela
Chavez urges unity after summit Venezuelan President has said the 'happy' end to the regional crisis with Colombia should boost unity in Latin America
Bolivia
French Guiana 
| A rocket lifted off on a mission to bring oxygen, food, water and equipment to the international space station. The 20-tonne unmanned freighter Automated Transfer Vehicle is the big... |
Argentina
Venezuela
The Venezuelan government is re-establishing normal diplomatic ties with Colombia after the two countries resolved their differences
Venezuela
Venezuela dares US to put it on terror list Chavez is calling it an attempt by Washington to undermine him for political reasons
Colombia
Ecuadorean death report confirmed Colombia has confirmed that an Ecuadorean was killed when its troops attacked a rebel camp inside Ecuador three weeks ago
Venezuela
Chavez: Little chance to free Betancourt Venezuelan President: There is little chance FARC will free Colombian presidential candidate after that country's attack inside Ecuador
Argentina
Colombia
Argentina
Colombia
France 'could take FARC rebels' President Alvaro Uribe has said France would be willing to take the rebels as part of a deal to free hostages held by the guerrillas
Argentina | Farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed blockades of rural highways after talks failed to end a 19-day-old strike |
Colombia
'Ecuador incursion' into Colombia Colombia's government has condemned what it called an incursion into its airspace by an Ecuadorian military helicopter
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