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  • Insider Speaks: "Chavez's $1M To Al Qaeda Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg"

    02/20/2003 4:17:48 PM PST · by aculeus · 18 replies · 3,898+ views
    Militares Democraticos ^ | January 29, 2003 | Zeta
    "I was close to Chavez, but now he wants me dead." The million dollars from Chavez to Al Qaeda is just the tip of the iceberg in a long series of connections between worldwide terrorist organizations and the Venezuelan strongman, according to one of those who knows most about Chavez and the inside of his presidential palace: His former personal pilot. Major Juan Diaz Castillo is the man who flew the equivalent of Air Force One. In this interview with Venezuela's weekly news-magazine Zeta, he reveals formerly unpublished details of the operations that Chavez had him organize. By Maria Angelica...
  • 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...