Associated Press, 09.14.11, 12:27 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS -- Venezuela and other countries in a left-leaning regional trade group are telling the new president of the General Assembly they oppose giving Libya's U.N. seat to the rebels who've effectively ousted Moammar Gadhafi's government.
Venezuelan Ambassador Jorge Valero says in a Wednesday letter to General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser that ALBA members consider the rebels' National Transitional Council an illegitmate authority imposed by foreign intervention.
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Nicaragua, Cuba, Ecuador, and Bolivia are also among members of the ALBA group.
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