Chavez claims Colombian troops entered Venezuela

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Source: AFP

CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday charged that Colombian troops had entered Venezuela across the Orinoco River, a move he warned was a "provocation" by his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe.

"We are not talking about a patrol with a few soldiers that strayed over a border" into Venezuela, he said.

"These troops crossed the Orinoco River in a boat and carried out an incursion into Venezuelan territory," Chavez said on his weekly television show "Hello President."

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[AlphaCentauri]

1. Uribe must have lost his GPS devise

[JonQ]

2. He must be worried about losing support at home

so he's drumming up some controversy.

I guess we haven't been paying him enough attention lately.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Maybe he'll find a use for those Russian tanks

You go, Hugo!

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