Venezuela Pulls Ambassador from Colombia Following Dispute Over Rebels

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has pulled his country’s ambassador to Colombia and suspended trading with their neighbor after being accused of providing weapons to Colombian rebels.

Chavez was reacting to an announcement made by the Colombian government on Monday that alleged arms Venezuela purchased from Sweden in the 1980s were now in the hands of guerillas. That announcement came after Colombian forces recovered Swedish anti-tank weapons during a raid on a rebel camp belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe appeared to tie the Swedish weapons to Venezuela, something Chavez flatly denied. The Venezuelan president then called addressed the matter on Tuesday declaring, “I've ordered to withdraw our ambassador from Bogota,” and then stated “We will freeze relations with Colombia.”

That freeze will include an end to trade relations, a relationship that was set to produce about $5 billion in trade this year.

###

Click here for more World News

About YourFINDit

YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the YourFINDit community. YourFindit provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the member sets.

To create your profile sign up and within minutes you too can have your People profile running your ads and building your network with new members daily.

YourFindit is owned and operated by TransWorldNews, Inc. a news and press release distribution service.