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| US regrets Venezuela's poor cooperation to face the FARC |
| 2010-03-06 |
| Venezuela should combat the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) because they represent a threat on that country, Colombia and the whole region, an official of the US Department of Defense said on Thursday and criticized Venezuela's poor cooperation in fighting the rebels. Frank Mora, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, hailed Ecuador's recent cooperation with Colombia, but complained of the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the strongest critic of the United States in Latin America, Reuters reported. "Venezuela should combat this scourge," Mora said during a press conference in reference to the FARC, regarded by the US government as a terrorist group. Hugo didn't create FARC but he's been happy to do business with them. That isn't going to change. |
| Posted by:Steve White |