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| Chávez rejected claims that Venezuela and Ecuador are supporting Colombian guerrillas (Photo: Jamil Bittar / Reuters) |
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President Hugo Chávez commented on the Andean crisis
that involved Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Nicaragua
and claimed that powerful interests are still trying to destabilize
the region.
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"There will never, ever be any proof showing that we have implemented
policies of co-existence with or support to any of the Colombian
guerrilla groups."
Venezuelan FM Nicolás Maduro
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Chávez criticizes Uribe's Defense Minister
Hugo Chávez warned Álvaro Uribe to "keep at
bay the spokespersons of war, the spokespersons of the
empire, such as your Defense Minister (Juan Manuel Santos)."
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Chávez suggests meeting with Uribe, Correa, and Ortega
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez proposed holding a
meeting with his Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Nicaraguan counterparts
Álvaro Uribe, Rafael Correa, and Daniel Ortega, respectively,
to end a diplomatic crisis among the four countries that erupted
following a Colombian Army attack against a camp of the rebel
FARC in Ecuadorian territory.
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Lula brands Chávez as "the great peacemaker"
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday
said his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez was the "great
peacemaker" in the conflict that erupted following a Colombian
military attack against a camp of the rebel Colombian Revolutionary
Armed Forces (FARC) in Ecuadorian territory on March 1st. |
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Chávez: Venezuela is not a direct player in the Andean crisis
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Asked about what should be done to dispel a crisis that involved
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and then Nicaragua, President
Hugo Chávez on March 25 pointed out in a press conference
that the necessary steps "should be taken by the main players
in the crisis."
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