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Chavez threatens break with Colombia

by Adriaan Alsema August 26, 2009

Colombia news - Hugo Chavez

Venezuela’s President Hugo
Chavez said on Tuesday he was preparing to break off diplomatic
relations with Colombia in an escalating dispute over Bogota‘s
decision to grant the U.S. military access to Colombian bases.

“We have to prepare the rupture of relations with Colombia,
Nicolas. This is going to happen,” Chavez told his Foreign
Minister Nicolas Maduro in a state television broadcast.

Chavez is furious at Colombia’s decision to allow the U.S.
military access to seven of its army bases to tackle drug
trafficking and leftist guerrillas.

His threat to cut ties with Colombia came one day before a
regional summit in Argentina where South American leaders will
discuss the U.S.-Colombian security agreement.

Chavez, a fierce critic of U.S. influence in Latin America,
has said the deal will mean a U.S. military build-up that could
lead to war in South America.

The leftist president has often clashed with Colombian
President Alvaro Uribe, Washington’s closest ally in the
region.

Although they usually make up quickly, tensions seem deeper
this time and he is trying to replace imports of Colombian food
and textiles with products from Brazil and Argentina.

On Wednesday, Colombia accused Chavez of meddling in its
internal affairs after he told his ambassador in Bogota to work
with leftist leaders in the neighboring country.

The two nations shared $7 billion in trade last year. (Reuters)

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