Stuck In The Middle

In a sign of the Paraguayan government's efforts at boosting the country's regional profile, on July 23 Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata announced that President Fernando Lugo had offered to act as a mediator between Colombia and Venezuela in potential talks aimed at cooling bilateral tensions between the two states. According to reports, Lugo has been in contact with both Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Colombian counterpart Álvaro Uribe, has he attempts to restore diplomatic and trade ties between the neighbouring countries.

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