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TrueBlueAmerican · 03-02-2008, 08:38 PM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered troops to his country's border with Colombia after the Colombian military entered Ecuador to attack FARC rebels.

Mr. Chavez said Sunday Colombia's incursion into Ecuador has pushed South America to the brink of war. Mr. Chavez ordered the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogota and the withdrawal of all its personnel.

Ecuador also recalled its ambassador from Bogota, leaving its trade representative in charge of the embassy.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said he does not believe the account of a Colombian cross-border attack offered by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

Mr. Correa said President Uribe told him Colombian forces were in pursuit of FARC rebels who had fled into Ecuador. But President Correa says an examination of the rebel camp showed no evidence of a pursuit. The Ecuadorian president said it appeared the rebels were killed in their sleep in a jungle camp about two-kilometers from the Colombian border.

Hugo Chavez, who described the dead commander, Raul Reyes, as "a true revolutionary", threatened to attack Colombia if it attempted a similar military incursion into Venezuela.

"It wasn't in combat. It was a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated," Mr Chavez said, adding that Colombia had "invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador's sovereignty."

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TrueBlueAmerican Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,229 Thanks: 30 Thanked 34 Times in 25 Posts	Columbia attacks FARC-ECUADOR; Venezuela Military Mobilized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered troops to his country's border with Colombia after the Colombian military entered Ecuador to attack FARC rebels. Mr. Chavez said Sunday Colombia's incursion into Ecuador has pushed South America to the brink of war. Mr. Chavez ordered the closing of Venezuela's embassy in Bogota and the withdrawal of all its personnel. Ecuador also recalled its ambassador from Bogota, leaving its trade representative in charge of the embassy. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said he does not believe the account of a Colombian cross-border attack offered by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Mr. Correa said President Uribe told him Colombian forces were in pursuit of FARC rebels who had fled into Ecuador. But President Correa says an examination of the rebel camp showed no evidence of a pursuit. The Ecuadorian president said it appeared the rebels were killed in their sleep in a jungle camp about two-kilometers from the Colombian border. Hugo Chavez, who described the dead commander, Raul Reyes, as "a true revolutionary", threatened to attack Colombia if it attempted a similar military incursion into Venezuela. "It wasn't in combat. It was a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated," Mr Chavez said, adding that Colombia had "invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador's sovereignty."
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