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Arauca

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A·rau·ca  (-rouk)
A river rising in northern Colombia and flowing about 805 km (500 mi) eastward to the Orinoco River in central Venezuela.
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Noun1.Arauca - a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela
Colombia, Republic of Colombia - a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
Republic of Venezuela, Venezuela - a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil
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Uribe's national security council met for five hours in Arauca with military and police commanders in the border area a day after Bogota charged that Venezuelan troops had blown up two footbridges across the border in northeastern Colombia.
Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert' by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Byline: The Register-Guard Representative from Arauca Peasant Association to talk Women Resisting War in Colombia will hold a presentation by Nidia Castellanos at 7 p.
BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
It accused him of helping the FARC by "protecting drug shipments from seizure by Venezuelan anti-narcotics authorities," arming the FARC and allowing them to "maintain their stronghold" in Arauca, a cocaine producing area on the Colombia-Venezuela border.
US freezes Venezuelans' assets over Colombian rebel drug links by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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