Reply #130: Another suggestion of war thoughts being thought, so to speak.

[bemildred]

There is a good deal of history in the century before last.
The were once one, along with Panama and Ecuador, and I believe
a few wars were fought, although I don't have the specifics on
the tip of my tongue. I believe an incident or two early in the
20th century too, if I remember Galeano's book correctly. But
not lately, and generally not haggling over the border, that
seems more a recent and politically motivated thing. But I
am no expert. I don't have the impression, oddly enough, that
Chavez and Uribe are particularly annoyed with each other either,
and I would think something would have been said if that were
the case. It would be interesting to know what relations are
like among the military staff of the two countries, but I don't
remember seeing much there either. I suspect one needs to be able
to read Spanish, and I am deficient there.