Latin American leftists fear Libya-style endgame in Syria
A bloc of left-wing Latin American governments accused Western nations on Friday of planning to intervene in Syria as they did in Libya and praised President Bashar al-Assad's government despite widespread global condemnation.
The driving force behind the bloc, known as the ALBA group, is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a virulent critic of the United States who has been vocal in his support for Assad.
"We are worried that the same process of interference that foreign powers applied in Libya will be repeated," the eight-nation group said in a statement released at U.N. negotiations over Syria in Geneva and also sent to media in Venezuela.
Western-led air strikes last year helped bring an end to Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Libya.
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