Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez talk in Santa Marta, Colombia, Friday at the start of their first bilateral encounter since Santos took office last Saturday. Jose Miguel Gomez/ReutersColombia, Venezuela Restore Diplomatic Ties -- Voice of America
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, have restored diplomatic relations that were severed last month by Caracas in a dispute over Venezuela's alleged support of leftist rebels in Colombia.
The two leaders made the announcement late Tuesday after talks. They met at a colonial-era estate in Santa Marta, a city on Colombia's Caribbean coast where 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar died.
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