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| Chávez: I am not meddling in Colombian elections |
| 2010-04-23 |
| "I am not a crook!" President Hugo Chávez denied once again that he is interfering in the Colombian election process as the former Defense Minister and presidential candidate, Juan Manuel Santos, has complained. "I have nothing to do with it," Chávez said in Bolivia. "I made some remarks and now he says that I want to get involved in Colombian elections. No, I just expressed my view about some events occurred in the hemisphere," Chávez said. The Venezuelan President recalled that Santos was the man who ordered the bombing of Ecuadorian territory under the pretext of searching a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Venezuelan President recalled that Santos has said he would order a similar incursion in Venezuela and in any other country with the purpose of provoking a war that only would be in the interest of the United States. |
| Posted by:Steve White |