Friday, April 04, 2008

Columbia crisis resolved

As mentioned previously, there were tense relations between Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The tension was caused by Columbian troops going into Ecuador and killed 22 members of FARC, the Revolutionaries Armed Forces of Columbia and its leader Raul Reyes. This undeclared invasion caused both Ecuador and Venezuela, Columbia’s other neighboring country, to place troops a the border of the nations. After these occurrences, relations between Columbia and its neighbors were poor and talk of war had surfaced. The U.S. claimed that they would not support the war though their allies were involved.

Recently proposals have been declared, such that there would be decrease in tension between the countries and piece. Columbia promised to not ever again assault a brother country. Chavez declared that trade with Columbia would resume and continue to grow. The countries also have stated that they will partner together and fight threads to national stability from irregular or criminal groups. Since the altercation a second member of the FARC had been killed, he was one of the six remaining members.

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