Chávez reaffirms he has given no resources to FARC

[Judi Lynn]

Caracas, Tuesday March 25 , 2008
Chávez reaffirms he has given no resources to FARC

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Tuesday said he has never given or sent any kind of resources to the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC).

"I am not going to offer the FARC USD 300,000 (…) we have given them nothing at all, not a single dollar, a peso or an ammunition," said Chávez.

He added that representatives of some Colombian and Venezuela sectors "are trying to erase the reality" and downplay efforts by his government in the last nine years aimed at finding a settlement to the conflict in Colombia.

The Venezuelan ruler underscored that he never had a direct communication with FARC second in command Raúl Reyes, who was killed last March 1 during a Colombian military attack in Ecuadorian territory.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/03/25/en_colcd_art_chavez-reaffirms-he_25A1458761.shtml
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