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Good News from Colombia/Venezuela

category international | crime and justice | other press author Wednesday February 16, 2005 08:54author by joeranii@yahoo.com Report this post to the editors

Chavez recognizes that FARC are "terrorists"

Colombia and Venezuela promise new initiatives to stop terrorism across their borders.

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer (AP)

CARACAS, Venezuela - The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia said Tuesday they have smoothed over a diplomatic dispute that erupted when a Colombian rebel was seized on the streets of Caracas, agreeing to reinstate trade agreements and improve security along their common border.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said after a four-hour meeting with President Alvaro Uribe that the two "decided to turn the page, to clear things up."

Chavez said he was reactivating commercial and trade agreements — including the construction of a gas pipeline connecting the two nations — that had been frozen during the nations' most serious diplomatic dispute in decades.

Rodrigo Granda, a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was snatched off the streets of Caracas by bounty hunters in December and delivered to Colombian police, setting off a diplomatic spat between the two neighbors.

Chavez had declared that Granda's capture violated Venezuela's sovereignty, while Uribe had expressed concerns that Colombian guerrillas have sought refuge in Venezuelan territory.

"We are dedicated to fighting terrorism, in any form," Chavez said after Tuesday's meeting, their first since Granda's capture.

Both presidents say they are concerned about the relative ease with which rebels can come across their 1,400-mile border, which runs through steep mountains, thick jungle and winding rivers. They promised further cooperation in safeguarding the frontier.

Both sides said Cuban leader Fidel Castro (news - web sites)'s government played a role in lowering tension in the dispute.

author by -publication date Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

link to recent feature on the region with accounts of the Chavez - Lula, and Chavez - Uribe summits of recent days.

Castro last week told the region that if Chavez is assasinated the USA and Bush will be held responsible.
(and not Syria).

Well what can we say? Let's go one better, if Lula is assasinated the USA and Rice will be held responsible.
(and not Syria).

Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68553
author by J O'Hanlonpublication date Wed Feb 16, 2005 21:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Chavez has nothing to gain by being associated with the FARC. These people have long ago put themselves outside the pale of civilization and acceptable politics.
They're a drug mafia, with no more interest in social justice than Tony Blair.

author by tarring with the same brushpublication date Thu Feb 17, 2005 15:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

so is Tony Blair a drug mafioso then?

author by misepublication date Thu Feb 17, 2005 18:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's left-wing President, Hugo Chavez, branded the U.S. a "terrorist state" on Saturday and rejected as meddling Washington's criticism of a recent arms purchase from Russia.

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Related Link: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7610532
 
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