The disturbing images should be spurring the global community to action: riots in Haiti, protests in Egypt, and violence in many other countries around the globe, sparked by the rising price of food. Hardest hit by the crisis are the world's poorest people.

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe "is facing continued affront from the terrorist group called (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) FARC," in additon to the influence of an "anti-US neighbor, such as Venezuela."
US President George W. Bush, when advocating a Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement -an initiative that is rejected by most Democratic Party members

The trade union of workers of the Colombian automotive industry asked President Chávez to reconsider a restriction on the import of vehicles that has led already to 5,000 dismissals from Colombian assembly plants. Last January, Chávez's government cut to 160,000 units the number of imported cars, 20,000 of which are to come from Colombia. In 2007, Colombia sold 60,000 cars to Venezuela.

In the blink of an eye, last May 1st the joint ventures that replaced the partnerships at the Orinoco oil belt turned one year. Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramírez strikes a positive balance of this first year.