Ramon Carriazalez, Venezuela’s vice president answered back that Colombia always finds new accusations towards Venezuela before going to Washington, in order to please the United States, and distract from Colombia’s internal problems. He further explains that the whole world already knows that Colombia is the main producer of drugs and the U.S the main consumer.
Of course Chavez had comments of his own, calling Silva a cynic who claims that since they have “managed” to control the drugs over there now they worry about Venezuela. In his weekly “Hello President” show Chavez continues: “And they also say that they’ve managed to control the planes, but the planes pass through Venezuela. As if they come from the moon? These planes come from Colombia!”
Venezuela’s and Colombia’s relations are especially tense this year due to the fact that the U.S has Colombia’s permission to use 7 of its military bases which angers Chavez who doesn’t want U.S presence there. Colombia also claims that Venezuela is supplying the FARC with weapons while Venezuela has 20,000 soldiers on their border with Colombia. Are all these accusations and hostile attitudes truly helping the fight against drug trafficking?
