La frontera colombovenezolana: entre las políticas de la Cancillería y las noticias de prensa nacional (1999-2009)

the ups and downs of the bilateral integration process and the economic and diplomatic crisis of the regional integration have crossed trough the colombo-venezuelan border in the last decade. in front of this process, this papper places the question about over the relationship between the coverage of the national press headed by el tiempo, and the border policies advanced by the colombian chancellery during the last ten years. in this sense, the work done establishes that el tiempo's media logic has mainly focused on official speeches, mainly presidential, and on security issues and external threats at the border. in its side, the implemented politics by the chancellery are centered exclusively on both the activities and the development of integration mechanisms and on regional development. the job shows the independence of the national press from political institutions, when it ignores most of the work and advancement that has been made on the bilateral politics of integration and regional development.