Venezuela, Colombia presidents to meet to end rift

Colombia's new President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would meet in Colombia on Tuesday (tomorrow) for talks. The two leaders are to discuss their countries' diplomatic rift, Colombia's foreign ministry said. After Mr Santos' inauguration on Saturday, Mr Chavez said he would like to meet him face-to-face. Earlier, Mr Chavez urged Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group Farc to free all its hostages. Chavez has in the past successfully brokered a deal with the Farc rebels to release some of their hostages. Last week, Farc said it was willing to search for a political solution to the 46-year-old conflict. And Juan Manuel Santos began his presidency by signaling he would be willing to talk to the rebels if they freed their hostages.