There has been increasingly dangerous friction between Venezuela and Colombia,a close US ally in the region. Photo AFP
From AFP:
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday charged that Colombian troops had entered Venezuela across the Orinoco River, a move he warned was a "provocation" by his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe.
"We are not talking about a patrol with a few soldiers that strayed over a border" into Venezuela, he said.
"These troops crossed the Orinoco River in a boat and carried out an incursion into Venezuelan territory," Chavez said on his weekly television show "Hello
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Update #1: Chavez urges military to be prepared for conflict -- Breitbart/AP
Update #2: Colombian troops captures 11 Ecuadorian militaries in Colombian territory -- Colombia News
My Comment: Hours after Colombian military personnel arrested 11 Ecuadorian soldiers on Colombian territory ... Hugo Chavez makes the claim that Colombian soldiers crossed in Venezuelan territory.
All talk .... no bite.
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