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Bogota, Nov 6 The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia called on the people to close ranks against the agreement that allows the United States to use seven military bases in the national territory.

Spying charges, troop movements and mysterious killings along the border between Venezuela and Colombia are stoking a long-running diplomatic dispute that some are calling the "Cold War" of the Andes.

By Humberto Marquez CARACAS - The activities of Colombian armed groups across the border in western Venezuela are aggravating the diplomatic conflict between the two governments, which are ideological opposites, and some analysts have begun to wonder just how far the tension will escalate.

The deployment to the Venezuelan border states of Zulia, Tachira, Apure, Amazonas and Bolivar follows shootings involving troops and gunmen that have heightened tensions between the two countries.

Fredys Villanueva, 55, from Barranquilla in Colombia has come to Venezuela to work.

The Venezuelan government presented on Thursday what officials called 'irrefutable evidence' that neighboring Colombia has dispatched spies to Venezuela, Ecuador and Cuba as part of an ambitious, CIA-financed operation.

Colombia has significant natural resources and its diverse culture reflects the indigenous Indian, Spanish and African origins of its people.

A suspected member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group wanted by the United States on terrorism charges has been arrested, Colombia's DAS security service said.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is leading a delegation of government leaders on an economic development trip to Colombia.

The Colombian and U.S. governments signed an agreement on Friday giving U.S. troops access to at least seven military bases in the Andean nation, officials told Efe.

A group of demobilized fighters from the 47th Column of FARC disembark from a military helicopter in Manizalez, department of Caldas, Colombia, on Jan.

Critics of Colombia President Alvaro Uribe's decision to sign the accord say it is 'unbalanced' for Colombia.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said on Sunday that police had killed Hermes Triana, one of the top leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , the largest rebel group in the country.

Caracas, Oct 26 Venezuelan Foreign Ministry demanded the government of Colombia to end espionage activities and destabilization plans implemented in Caracas by the Security Administrative Department .

Five soldiers were killed and two others wounded by FARC guerrillas in the jungle around Calamar, a town in southern Colombia, the army said Sunday.

A Colombian guerrilla accused of planning an attack on a country club that killed 39 people in 2003 was shot dead on Sunday while trying to evade capture, police said.

Venezuela's defense minister said Sunday that 10 killings near the border with Colombia may be the work of warring factions in that country's internal conflict, and said Venezuelan troops are stepping up security.

Gas Natural SDG SA, Spaina s largest natural gas company, agreed to sell its 64 percent stake in Empresa de Energia del Pacifico SA of Colombia for $1.1 billion as part of a plan to cut debt.

The Colombian authorities said on Monday that they had captured 40 guerilla members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia from across the country.