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    LATIN AMERICA: Colombia to seek UN help after Chavez orders war preparations
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    AFP - Colombia said Sunday it would seek UN help after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez instructed his military to ready "for war." "Faced with these threats of war by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia is weighing heading to the Organization of American States and UN Security Council" said a statement from President Alvaro Uribe, read out by his spokesman Cesar Velasquez. Full Article at France 24
    Faced with these threats of war by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia is weighing heading to the Organization of American States and UN Security Council
    SOURCE: France 24 4 weeks ago
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LATIN AMERICA: Colombia to seek UN help after Chavez orders war preparations
  1. The only thing we are interested in is defeating terrorism related to drug trafficking, which has been so unfair to Colombians for so many years.
    SOURCE: France 24 4 weeks ago
  2. Let's not waste a day on our main aim: to prepare for war and to help the people prepare for war, because it is everyone's responsibility
    Hugo Chávez – Hugo Chávez SOURCE: France 24 4 weeks ago
  3. Colombia has not made nor will it make any bellicose move toward the international community, (and) even less so toward fellow Latin American nations
    SOURCE: France 24 4 weeks ago

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