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CARACAS, Wednesday November 04, 2009 | Update
DEA was aware of alleged ties between Venezuela and FARC
According to El Nuevo Herald, a former Colombian intelligence official disclosed ties between Venezuela and Colombian rebels
Western Hemisphere
Rafael García, the former head of Information Technology, Colombian Administrative Security Department (DAS), provided information to US authorities about the alleged ties between the Venezuelan government, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and drug trafficking, said on Tuesday Miami's newspaper El Nuevo Herald.
The daily reported that "García met in Uruguay with officials of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). He told them that leaders of the FARC had visited a military complex in Caracas for training and exchanging information."
The former DAS member allegedly said that Venezuela's government officials and military officers protect "drug trafficking routes controlled by some groups of the Colombian guerrilla."
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Domestic inflation stands at 1.7 percent
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Economy.
Domestic inflation rate in Venezuela was 1.7 percent in January, at the same rate as in December 2009, despite currency devaluation at the start of the year decreed by President Hugo Chávez, a senior government source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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