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Chavez `Concerned' by Colombia Claims of FARC Ties (Update1)

By Matthew Walter

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he's ``concerned'' that the Colombian government continues to publish accusations linking his government and the government of Ecuador with Colombia's biggest guerrilla group.

Chavez said he called Colombian President Alvaro Uribe yesterday to discuss why Colombia continues to publish accusations based on information in four laptop computers recovered from a guerrilla camp.

``This computer could say anything,'' Chavez said today during a visit to Brazil, in comments broadcast by state television. ``I expressed my concern that they keep doing these things, that they keep saying these things -- that Ecuador supports guerrillas, that Venezuela supports guerrillas.''

Chavez said making the data on the computers public amounts to a ``provocation.'' Earlier this month, he said that Colombia's attack on a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Ecuadorean territory might provoke a war.

The Venezuelan president said he's spoken with Uribe three times since the leaders agreed to resolve the conflict March 7, and that he's pleased with the message he's received from the Colombian leader.

``Beyond that, there are very powerful forces at work,'' Chavez said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Walter in Caracas at [e-mail].
Last Updated: March 27, 2008 12:49 EDT

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