Summary
This month Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened the next phase of his dangerous political career by nearly provoking a war with Colombia. In the aftermath of his military threats, the Colombian government learned disturbing information about the relationship between Mr. Chavez and the terrorist group FARC - the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
In light of those revelations, and their implications for U.S. national security, perhaps it is time the Bush administration placed Venezuela on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.See the full content of this document
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The Latin Crisis
On March 1, the Colombian military retaliated against numerous unprovoked FARC attacks in their territory and struck one of their clandestine camps - in Ecuador, killing one of the organization's top leaders. FARC, a formerly Soviet-backed insurgency...
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