Latin America

Judi Lynn

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2. Must add, Correa was so furious there could have been war over it,

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:12 AM

Jul 2018

and South America had an emergency meeting, the Rio Group summit, to try to talk the leftists down after that filthy action taken by Uribe.

Last Updated: Friday, 7 March 2008, 21:18 GMT
War of words opens LatAm summit

A regional summit of Latin American leaders has opened with a flurry of accusations over Colombia's cross-border raid into Ecuador.
Ecuador's Rafael Correa condemned Colombia's "aggression" in his opening speech in the Dominican Republic.

His Colombian counterpart, President Alvaro Uribe, responded with claims Mr Correa had links to Farc rebels and had not co-operated in fighting terrorism.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez had called for a cooling of tensions over the raid.

The operation left some 20 rebels dead, including a senior Farc commander, Raul Reyes, but has had massive political repercussions in Latin America.

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Ecuador court orders arrest of former President Rafael Correa in kidnap probe [View all] sandensea Jul 2018 OP

They tried to kill him, smear him while he was in office. Poor Ecuadorean right wing dirtbags. Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #1

Must add, Correa was so furious there could have been war over it, Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #2

Excellent historical reminder, Judi. sandensea Jul 2018 #4

Oh, yes! That was hideous. So underhanded, treacherous, shameful. Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #5

Ecuador wants former president arrested over Colombia kidnapping attempts Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #3

AP Interview: Correa says no plans to return to Ecuador Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #6