South America gripped by Colombia-Ecuador crisis (AFP)

Colombia says FARC rebels fire mortars from Ecuador (Reuters)
Reuters - Colombia's army on Saturday said FARC guerrillas opened fire on its troops with home-made mortars from across Ecuador's border in the latest incident to test frayed relations...

France waiting on FARC in Colombia hostage mission (Reuters)
Reuters - France is still awaiting a response from Colombian FARC guerrillas about its mission to aid hostage Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician held since 2002, Foreign...

Sarkozy says Betancourt near death (Reuters)
Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Colombia's FARC guerrillas on Tuesday to release their hostage Ingrid Betancourt who he said was in close to death.

U.S. finds possible Venezuela-FARC ties "disturbing" (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday new data about possible links between Venezuela and Colombia's FARC guerrilla group is disturbing but Washington is far from a decision to put...

Venezuela restores Colombia diplomatic ties (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuela will immediately restore normal diplomatic relations with Colombia, the government said on Sunday, after this week's resolution of a regional dispute that had raised the...