Venezuela-Colombia relations improving big-time under new Colombian president

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Venezuela will pay $336 million debt to Colombia
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12981-venezuela-pay-336-million-debt-colombia.html

Colombia's Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Sergio Diaz-Granados announced Thursday that Venezuela will repay $336.2 million of the debt it owes Colombia, reports Dinero.

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Venezuela froze debt payment after clashes between President Hugo Chavez and his then-Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe. Following attempts to normalize relations under the administration of Juan Manuel Santos, the socialist country vowed to repay the debt. After the re-establishment of ties, Venezuela announced that it would begin repaying the $800 million debt it owes to Colombia. Venezuela made the first payment of $70 million to the Colombian airlines Avianca and Aires.


Venezuela Deports 3 Suspected Rebels to Colombia
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Venezuela-Deports-3-Suspected-Rebels-to-Colombia-108956329.html
Venezuela has deported three suspected rebels back to Colombia in a sign of improved cooperation between the two countries.

Officials from both nations say the alleged guerillas were handed over to Colombian authorities in Bogota late Wednesday. The three were wanted for murder, kidnapping and inciting war.

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Colombia: Suspected drug lord will be sent to Venezuela, not U.S.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-16/world/colombia.extradition_1_trafficking-top-drug-lords-venezuelan-officials?_s=PM:WORLD

Makled was indicted in the United States in September on one count charging him with trafficking tons of cocaine into the country. The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed the indictment November 4.
But Santos said he received the extradition request from Venezuela first, the state-run National Radio of Colombia reported Tuesday. Santos said he gave his word to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that Makled would be sent to the neighboring South American nation.
"I am a man of my word," Santos said Tuesday.