Colombia and U.S. Are Causing Strife, Chavez Says
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › March 06, 2008
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez charged Wednesday that Colombia and its allies in Washington are responsible for the intensifying crisis in this region -- and said perpetual conflict with the U.S. is inevitable.
"It must be said: They, the empire and its lackeys, are war. We are peace. We are the path to peace," Chavez said in a televised speech, his first since Colombia alleged that documents found in a leftist rebel's computer show the Venezuelan leader has been supporting Colombian guerrillas for years.See the full content of this document
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Colombia and U.S. Are Causing Strife, Chavez Says
Chavez, who ordered 10 battalions of troops to reinforce Venezuela's border with Colombia after Colombian troops entered Ecuador on Saturday to attack a rebel hideout, spoke as diplomats struggled to defuse the crisis.
In Washington, the Organization of Ame...See the full content of this document
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