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03 Mar 08
03 Mar 08
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.
03 Mar 08
Originally posted by PinkFloydWell, perhaps, unless the US parked a carrier off the coast and gave the Columbian government some air support.
I 'd put my $ on Venezuela, if I were a bettin' man. Colombia's got the cocaine racket to be sure, but King Oil trumps blow every time.
But this is nothing more than 'sabre ratting' on Hugo's part. He be right of course if Columbian forces enter Venezuela to defend the country. Fact is, the Columbians killed the FARC guy in Ecuador, so who 'put a burr' under Hugo's saddle?
04 Mar 08
Originally posted by SMSBear716colombia did:
Well, perhaps, unless the US parked a carrier off the coast and gave the Columbian government some air support.
But this is nothing more than 'sabre ratting' on Hugo's part. He be right of course if Columbian forces enter Venezuela to defend the country. Fact is, the Columbians killed the FARC guy in Ecuador, so who 'put a burr' under Hugo's saddle?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=arOsyCNE9lvU&refer=latin_america
Colombia Police Say Rebel Files Show Chavez Aids FARC (Update3)
By Helen Murphy and Matthew Walter
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia's police chief alleged Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez helped fund Latin America's biggest guerrilla group and has ties to the rebels going back more than 15 years.
Documents on a computer belonging to the second in command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia show Venezuela provided the guerrillas with at least $300 million, police Chief Oscar Naranjo said. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez denied the allegations.
``These documents not only imply a closeness, but an armed alliance between the FARC and the government of Venezuela,'' Naranjo said in a televised press briefing in Bogota.
Colombia's Security Council found documents on three laptops belonging to Raul Reyes, who was killed by Colombian forces in an attack inside Ecuador this weekend. The air strike prompted Chavez and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa to order troops to their respective borders with Colombia.
04 Mar 08
Originally posted by zeeblebotOh no! Venezuela is also now FARC'd!
colombia did:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=arOsyCNE9lvU&refer=latin_america
Colombia Police Say Rebel Files Show Chavez Aids FARC (Update3)
By Helen Murphy and Matthew Walter
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia's police chief alleged Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez helped fund Latin America's biggest guerrilla group and ha ...[text shortened]... uador's President Rafael Correa to order troops to their respective borders with Colombia.
04 Mar 08
Originally posted by SMSBear716Ecuador is Venezuela's client state and they've both been fighting a proxy war with Colombia by aiding the FARC terrorists.
Well, perhaps, unless the US parked a carrier off the coast and gave the Columbian government some air support.
But this is nothing more than 'sabre ratting' on Hugo's part. He be right of course if Columbian forces enter Venezuela to defend the country. Fact is, the Columbians killed the FARC guy in Ecuador, so who 'put a burr' under Hugo's saddle?
04 Mar 08
Originally posted by PinkFloydAre you kidding? If Chavez is as ignorant about running a military as he is about running an economy, I'd give the Venezuelans two weeks.
I 'd put my $ on Venezuela, if I were a bettin' man. Colombia's got the cocaine racket to be sure, but King Oil trumps blow every time.
04 Mar 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterChavez is a buffoon, true. But he has 2 important allies--CITGO and Ted Kennedy, and if they get involv....oh wait, point taken. You win.
Are you kidding? If Chavez is as ignorant about running a military as he is about running an economy, I'd give the Venezuelans two weeks.
06 Mar 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungGrizzly bear.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.