Andean Crisis

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. TIME: Refereeing the Colombia Standoff (March 6, 2008)  
2. MWC News: S American Leaders Meet Amid Crisis (March 7, 2008)
   • "Friday's...summit will mark the first face-to-face encounters between Alvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia, Chavez and Correa since the diplomatic row began."
3. Reuters: Latin American Leaders Head for Crisis Showdown (March 7, 2008)
4. Reuters: What is at stake in Andean crisis? (March 3, 2008)
5. CBS News: Chavez Warns Of War In South America... (March 3, 2008)
6. Granma.cu: Correa: Uribe’s aggression "extremely grave" and "deceptive" (March 3, 2008)  
7. Haaretz: Chavez: Colombia has become the Israel of Latin America (March 3, 2008)

Andean Crisis News

• Topix.net: Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela FARC Crisis
• Google News: Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela FARC Crisis
• BBC News: Leaders say Colombia crisis over (March 7, 2008)
• BBC News: Second senior Farc rebel 'killed' (March 7, 2008)
• BBC News: Crisis Overshadows LatAm Summit (March 7, 2008)
• Forbes: Bankers: Andean Crisis Won't Hit Economy (March 6, 2008)
• Reuters: Colombia stocks sink on Chavez's takeover threat (March 6, 2008)
• Washington Post: Diplomats Closer To Ending Crisis In Latin America (March 6, 2008)
• Reuters: Spain Says Will Mediate in Andean Crisis (March 5, 2008)
• FOX News: Chavez Claims 'We Are Peace' as Troops Gather on Border With Colombia (March 5, 2008)
• CNN: Diplomats Confident South American Crisis will be Resolved (March 5, 2008)
• Christian Science Monitor: Colombia: Latin America Tries to Defuse Escalating Crisis (March 5, 2008)  
• Reuters: U.S. Officials, Candidates' Views on Andean Crisis (March 4, 2008)
• VOA News: US Urges Peaceful End to Colombia-Ecuador Dispute (March 4, 2008)
• Times Online: Hugo Chavez moves his tanks to border as regional war looms (March 3, 2008)
• Boston Globe: Chávez sends troops, tanks to Venezuela's border with Colombia (March 2, 2008)
  • This article supplies a quote from Hugo Chavez, speaking on his Aló Presidente television show: "Move 10 battalions to the Colombian frontier immediately, tank battalions, military aviation...We are not going to permit the North American empire, which is the ruler, to allow his lapdog, President Uribe and the Colombian oligarchy, to divide or weaken us. We will not permit it."

Andean Crisis Commentary

• Comment is Free (The Guardian): It Has Been a Farce, but This Crisis Needn't... (March 7, 2008)
• Desde Washington (Washington Post): Embarrassing War of Words Among Neighbors (March 7, 2008)  
• Reuters: Andean Crisis Shakes Hopes for Regional Unity (March 6, 2008)
• The First Post: Ingrid Betancourt, the FARC Raid's Real Victim (March 5, 2008)  
• Financial Times: Forces fall short of Chávez’s bellicose bluster (March 3, 2008)
• BBC News: Analysis: Venezuela's war talk (March 3, 2008)
• Haaretz: Chavez: Colombia has become the Israel of Latin America (March 3, 2008)

Andean Crisis - Background

• Slate: A field guide to the leftist militias of Latin America

Andean Crisis - Key Figures

• Mahalo's page on Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela
• Mahalo's page on Alvaro Uribe, president of Columbia
• Mahalo's page on Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador
• Mahalo's page on Raul Reyes, FARC member killed in the Columbian military raid

Andean Crisis - Chavez Uribe Row 2007

• Mahalo's page on Chavez-Uribe Row
• Miami Herald: "Chávez concedes defeat -- "for now " (December 3, 2007)  
• The Economist: "Colombia and Venezuela: Sad pawn sent to freezer" (November 29, 2007)

Andean Crisis - Raul Reyes Killing

• Mahalo's page on Raul Reyes
• BBC News: Farc aura of invincibility shattered (March 3, 2008)
• BBC News: Analysis: Venezuela's war talk (March 3, 2008)
• Washington Post: Colombian Rebel Commander Killed (March 2, 2008)
• Houston Chronicle: Colombia airstrike kills senior rebel leader (March 3, 2008)

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