VENEZUELA and Colombia agreed yesterday to fight crime along their common border.
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin hosted her Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodriguez in the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena.
Although the ministers did not immediately reach agreement on reopening two major border crossings that have been shut for a week, they announced a series of meetings to resolve the situation.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM


