Chavez: Venezuela Could Renew Anti-Drug Operations With US

[Judi Lynn]

Chavez: Venezuela Could Renew Anti-Drug Operations With US
Maandag 15 December 2008 01:52

CARACAS (AFP)--Venezuela could again collaborate with the United States in anti-drug operations after Barack Obama becomes US president, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.

Venezuela halted cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2006, accusing it of being a front for spying.

'We can remake an agreement with the DEA that respects the sovereignty of Venezuela ... but always within the framework of respect,' Chavez said in an interview with the privately owned Televen network.

The Venezuelan president, who in 2006 called U.S. President George W. Bush 'the devil' at the United Nations, said that he was 'willing to work with the new government of the United States.'

Ties between the two countries 'are going to improve' with Obama in office, Chavez said. 'I feel that there are winds of change.'

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