Venezuela ends spat with Spain over ETA links

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

March 6, 2010, 10:36AM ET
Venezuela ends spat with Spain over ETA links

Spain and Venezuela ended a tense spat between governments by issuing a joint statement Saturday in which the Latin American country denied any links with Basque separatists.

The statement said the two governments would continue to cooperate in police and legal investigations.

Tension arose when Spanish National Court judge Eloy Velasco claimed on Monday that Venezuela had links with armed group ETA.

Velasco had indicted six ETA members, most exiled in Latin America, and seven members of Colombian rebel group FARC on charges including plotting to kill former Colombian President Andres Pastrana and current President Alvaro Uribe.


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[Flaneur]

1. Boring. No conflict.

[EFerrari]

2. Well, that was a weird little episode. It's interesting that this time out

the bs "Chavez collaborates with terrorists" didn't gain much traction in the media and then, Spain backs off bigtime.

What's going on? Very interesting.