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  • Venezuela hardens stance on Colombia - Hugo Chavez recalls ambassador

    01/14/2005 12:55:11 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 8 replies · 551+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | January 14, 2004 | PHIL GUNSON AND STEVEN DUDLEY sdudley@herald.com
    CARACAS - Venezuela recalled its ambassador in Bogotá on Thursday after the Colombian government admitted paying a bounty for a leading guerrilla allegedly kidnapped in Caracas and handed over to Colombian police. Colombian Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe, who admitted making the payment, was a ''participant in a crime which may have international implications,'' said Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel. The recall of Ambassador Carlos Santiago Ramírez was the latest and harshest step in the increasingly bizarre dispute over Rodrigo Granda, a senior member of the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The clash could affect relations...