Colombia and Venezuela at the OAS moved their quarrel on military agreement

During a session of the Permanent Council of the Organization deest (OAS), Ambassador of Colombia to the organismoregional, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, introduced, as planned, the strongest protest by what he described as the proyectointervencionista Chavez in the internal affairs of their country.

Holes urged Chavez to use his skills and talents constructively on the continent, not sow more hatred, respecting differences and not Asuntosinternos intervening in Colombia.

But Venezuela's ambassador to the OAS Roy Chaderton yatenia list your answer and if not addressed the denunciainmediata of Colombia, it lashed out against the oligarquiacolombiana and against countries which seem addicted to war's misfortune.

The immediate cause of the complaint of Colombia were lasdeclaraciones last Sunday that Venezuelan President inhis program Alo, President in the sense that the burguesiacolombiana afraid of Chavez's voice is heard by elpueblo of Colombia, so we must do everything there task.

Chavez also said it ordered investigate all Colombian lasempresas Venezuela to prevent drug trafficking from enmascarencapitales.

On the same program, Chavez criticized the military agreement entreEE.UU. and Colombia, pending a signature authorizing the use of seven UnitedStates military bases in Colombia, inthe fight against drug trafficking and terrorism.

For Chavez, the U.S. intention is supresencia increase military and control over natural resources in the region.

The Chavez Government intends to present this Friday in lacumbre extraordinary presidents NacionesSuramericanas Union (UNASUR) in Argentina, a paradesmontar U.S. report lies of Colombia over the military agreement.

In this sense, Chaderton reiterated that the military agreement by vieneacompanado winds of war.

Following his presentation, losperiodistas Chaderton told that relations between Colombia and Venezuela Handbook is located at the wrong time, while Uribe presidenteÁlvaro accused of unleashing a growing anti-Venezuelan inColombia.

In this sense, Michael Shifter, an analyst DialogoInteramericano, told Efe that the relations between both countries have reached a low point, and that distrust between Uribe yChavez is deep.

However, both presidents tend to be pragmatic ycomprenden that their countries are so intertwined that if situacionempeora could affect both.

Chaderton considered the protest of Colombia to OEAconstituye a serious diplomatic error and that, in his view, had elobjetivo of cause noise to cover to a smokescreen lasnovedades they can leave the summit of the proximoviernes Bariloche.

Hoyos noted that Chavez's expansionist project estaviolando fundamental principles of relations between States, enshrined in the UN Charter, the Charter of the OAS, and Inter-American Democratic Lacarta.

also Hoyos asked that the tragedy of violence in Colombiasirva to help that country cope with denarcotraficantes bands that cause us harm.

It is sowing hatred and anger mashumanas societies are built, saidHoyos.

It is contemptuous of those who think differently as construyeuna democracy, not silenced the press and silencing losperiodistas as supported freedom of expression, he said, the latest enalusion repressive actions of Chavez.

Speaking to reporters, laOEA Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, expressed his desire to be improved ( larelacion) and to lower the rhetoric between the two countries. EFE

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