New President

On August 7th 2010 Colombia elected Juan Manuel Santos as the new president, who shares the same political party as Uribe and similar ideals. 

For Chavez the news were not very pleasant because Santos was the defense minister of Colombia and because of him and the Military many good operations against the FARC. However, relationships between the two presidents have not had any conflicts yet since many diplomats affirm that ex president Uribe before leaving the power let Chavez know that there is clear evidence that he had supported the guerrillas.  

"One of my goals as President is to rebuild relations with Venezuela and Ecuador, to restore confidence and favor diplomacy ... and hopefully as soon as possible," said the new president of Colombia.