Colombia hostage rescue setback for Venezuela Chavez

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for months promised to seek the release of Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt but her liberation in a surprise rescue has turned out to be a setback for the leftist leader. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech during the seventh Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC) in Margarita, July 3, 2008. Seated on right is Venezuela's Information Minister Andres Izarra.

(REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout) Just hours after Betancourt was freed by Colombian troops, the one-time presidential candidate urged Chavez not to meddle in Colombian affairs and strongly backed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe,.... Thu Jul 2008 10:07 (6 months, 1 week ago)
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