Chavez (L) has taken a swipe at Uribe for being a 'liar' and a US 'puppet'.From France 24:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has fiercely criticised US plans to send troops to Colombia to help fight drug trafficking, but his outrage may be an attempt to divert attention from controversial anti-democratic measures at home.
Fiery Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez lashed out once again against his favourite pair of enemies: Colombia and the United States. The leftist leader, who accuses Washington of using the war on drugs as a pretext to boost its regional military presence, strongly opposes US plans to deploy extra troops at bases in Colombia to assist in anti-drug operations.
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My Comment: With both oil production and oil prices declining, Venezuela is now exposed to economic hardships that it had not prepared itself for. Like all authoritarian governments, they always need a boogeyman to divert people's attention ... Colombia is a perfect symbol for this distraction.