The content originally appeared on: CNN Bogota (CNN)Colombia and Venezuela have reestablished diplomatic relations, in a tectonic shift in South American regional politics. Colombian ambassador Armando Benedetti met on Monday with Venezuelan authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. 'At this hour I'm received by President Nicolas Maduro, to whom I present diplomatic papers as Colombia's ambassador in Venezuela. We talked about the urgency to revive friendship ties that should have never been severed,' Benedetti said on […]