Bolivia wants emergency Venezuela-Colombia summit
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Bolivian President Evo Morales called on Saturday for an emergency meeting of South American presidents to resolve a stand-off between Colombia and neighboring Venezuela that has raised tensions in the Andes.
Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez, a staunch critic of the United States, severed ties with US ally Colombia on Thursday after Bogota accused his oil-producing country of harboring leftist rebels on its territory. Morales, a close ally of Chavez, warned that the region was on the brink of war due to the pro-U.S. policies of Colombia's outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, and said the South American Nations Union, or Unasur, must seek a peaceful end to the dispute. (Reuters)
