Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday demanded
that the Venezuelan government respond to the protest note his government sent
regarding the recent unilateral decree by Caracas claiming Caribbean waters
that are in dispute with Bogota. In a speech in the town of Garzon, in southern
Huila province, Santos said that the communique issued on Tuesday by the
government of Nicolas Maduro, in which it calls Colombia's protest
"exaggerated" and proposes taking the matter before the Binational
High Level Commission, or COBAN, "is not a response." The Colombian
leader accepted Venezuela's proposal to deal with the matter in COBAN but said
that for that forum to convene it would be necessary for Caracas to provide a
formal response and he hoped that one will be forthcoming "in the coming
hours." More…
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