COLOMBIA / VENEZUELA : Budding Amistad Leads To FARC Arrest In Caracas.

LATIMES / C. Kraul

   An alleged FARC rebel was arrested in Caracas' airport after Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos personally asked Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez for help.
    The capture of Joaquin Perez Becerra, aka Alberto Martinez, is a sign of growing cooperation since Santos took office in August.
    Former President Alvaro Uribe and Chavez detested each other...and nearly went to war in 2008.

    "It's clear that cooperation between the two governments is functioning and that Santos' strategy of diplomacy is working better than the strategy of confrontation we had in the past," said professor Alejo Vargas.