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| Rice lauds Colombia, slams Venezuela |
| 2005-04-28 |
| BOGOTA, Colombia -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Bogota voiced her support of Colombia while expressing reservations about neighboring Venezuela. Rice lauded President Alvaro Uribe for his continued fight against left-wing rebels and Colombia's ongoing war on drugs, El Tiempo reported Thursday. In recent months, Colombia has extradited several suspected drug traffickers to face trial in the United States. Colombia is the world's No. 1 supplier of cocaine and a major producer of heroin. The United States has committed $3.3 billion to Plan Colombia, a project to clamp down on the drug trade. Meanwhile, Rice continued to voice her concern over Venezuela's efforts to fortify its military. Left-leaning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently secured the purchase of 100,000 assault rifles from Russia. He's up to something.... Rice made similar remarks about Venezuela in Brazil, the first leg of her four-nation tour of the region. Rice next heads to Chile, then El Salvador. |
| Posted by:(-Cobra-) |
| #1 Assault rifles: perfect for arming the barrio in anticipation of civil war. Or for arming jihadists looking to perpetrate a Beslan in a school or mall to the north. Anyone want to put odds on Chavez and Co seeking ties with Al Qaeda now? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-28 5:32:34 PM |