Ecuador leader denies FARC funds [View All]

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Source: BBC News

Ecuador leader denies Farc funds

Page last updated at 20:38 GMT, Saturday, 18 July 2009 21:38 UK

President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has denied allegations that he received election funds from Marxist Farc rebels in neighbouring Colombia.

He said evidence had been fabricated to destabilise his left-wing government.

A video broadcast on Colombian television on Friday appeared to show a Farc leader saying he had contributed to Mr Correa's 2006 campaign.

The two countries broke off diplomatic ties last year after Colombian troops raided a rebel base in Ecuador.

The hour-long video was delivered to the offices of the Associated Press news agency by an unnamed Colombian government official and was later broadcast on national television.

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On Saturday, Mr Correa dismissed the video as a "sham".

"I personally don't know anyone in the Farc," he said.

The Ecuadorean president added that the release was part of a campaign by conservative groups "to destabilise the region's progressive governments".


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8157112.stm


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Judith Miller and Chalabi must be on assignment again. Curiously, this is the second "laptop" incident in as many days. The coup regime in Honduras is claiming to have found a laptop with evidence that ousted President Zelaya was planning to rig an upcoming referendum.

Typical CIA crap engineered by aging Miami gusanos.