Sunday, March 2, 2008
Chavez sends '10 battalions to the border with Colombia' and puts the air force on stand by!
Venezuela on Sunday dispatched troops to its border with Colombia and closed its embassy in Bogota, as tensions escalated sharply Sunday over Colombia's cross-border raid into Ecuador that killed a top Colombian rebel. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he was sending troops to his country's border with Colombia, as tensions mounted over Bogota's military strike on a jungle base in Ecuador. Speaking on his weekly television broadcast, Chavez said he would be sending '10 battalions to the border with Colombia' and that he had put the air force on stand by. 'We don't want war,' said Chavez, but the president said he would not allow Saturday's cross border attacks to go unchallenged.Ecuadoran President Rafael 'Correa can count on Venezuela, no matter what for whatever it needs,' said Chavez. He added: 'I'm ordering the immediate withdrawal of all our personnel from the embassy in Bogota.'
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All ALBA countries -- I expect nothing from the pseudo-socialist régimes in América Latina -- should pull the entirety of their diplomatic personnel from Colombia. A technical state of war exists -- and the public perception should reflect this. No fooling around.
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