Bush tries to bolster close U.S. ally Colombia
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George W. Bush on Sunday will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his antagonist U.S. President George W. Bush to help him secure the release of hostages, including three Americans, held by Colombia's FARC rebels.
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President Bush, battling anti-America sentiment in Central and South America, said Wednesday the United States doesn't get much credit for its generosity in the region.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, March 11 -- As Air Force One swooped over the Andes Mountains toward this city for the first time in a quarter-century, President Bush and his aides sat in the front compartments with an optimistic message about improved security after decades of civil war and drug trafficking.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesday  denied government accusations they plotted to kill President  Bush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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President Bush aims to highlight American drug-fighting aid in Colombia and boost a conservative Latin American leader with a stop in the Andean nation where thousands of security forces are deployed to safeguard his brief stay.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - President Bush was targetedfor assassination by Colombia's biggest Marxist rebel groupthis week when he visited the Caribbean port city of Cartagena,a top Colombian official said on Saturday.
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TALLINN, Estonia -- President Bush intensified diplomatic efforts yesterday to quell rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, turning to allies. His national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, meanwhile, said the conflict in Iraq had entered "a new phase" requiring changes.
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US president George W Bush offers his support to efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the NI political process.
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President Bush pledged new aid on Monday for Colombia in a show of solidarity for a key ally, President Alvaro Uribe, in his campaign against Marxist guerrillas and drug trafficking.
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The Bush administration, long at odds with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, greeted the populist leader's landslide re-election victory by holding out the possibility of a more cooperative relationship.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia President Bush says he hopes it&#39;s true that Iran has suspended the enrichment of uranium -- but he wants to see proof.
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( Columbia -- November 28, 2004) --  There&#39;s new information that a rebel group in Colombia had planned to assassinatePresident Bush during his visit there last week.
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Worried about the growing influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Bush administration is trying to make friends with more moderate leftist leaders in Latin America, where anti-U.S. sentiment runs high.
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Marxist rebels tried to organize an assassination attempt against President Bush during his visit to the port city of Cartagea last week, a top Colombian official said yesterday.
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FLORENCIA, Colombia  - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.
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Colombian rebels plotted to assassinate George Bush during his brief stopover in the port of Cartagena last week, according to the country&#39;s defence minister.