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Bacchus4.0

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Thu May 30, 2013, 09:46 AM May 2013

Venezuela threatens to withdraw support for Colombia peace talks

http://colombiareports.com/relationship-with-colombia-might-derail-over-opposition-visit-venezuela/

Venezuela on Wednesday threatened to withdraw its support for peace talks between the Colombian government and rebel group FARC in a furious response to a visit by Venezuela’s opposition leader to Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who is challenging the results of presidential elections he lost to President Nicolas Maduro last month, met with Santos at the presidential palace in Bogota for an hour on Wednesday before meeting with top lawmakers.


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“President Santos has taken a step … that will lead to the derailing of the good relationship we had,” said Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Elias Jaua on state television.

Jaua threatened to withdraw as mediator in peace talks between the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC.

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On his Twitter account, the top official additionally linked to an article on a pro-government website in which an “expert” said the meeting was part of a U.S. conspiracy to undermine the leftist Venezuelan government.

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Venezuela has the stupidest government ever.
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Venezuela threatens to withdraw support for Colombia peace talks (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 May 2013 OP
Gee thats productive. nt naaman fletcher May 2013 #1
Vz is becoming expert in pissing in the soup... nt COLGATE4 May 2013 #2
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