Spain says no row with Venezuela over ETA, FARC

[Judi Lynn]

Spain says no row with Venezuela over ETA, FARC
14 March 2010 - Issue : 877

Spain is downplaying the latest suggestions of a row between Madrid and Caracas over possible links between the militant Basque separatist group ETA with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC.) Madrid and Caracas had put an end to the controversy with a recent joint declaration in which they pledged cooperation against terrorism, Secretary of State for European Union affairs Diego Lopez Garrido said, reacting to statements made by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, who criticized Spanish judge Eloy Velasco who charged a total of 13 ETA and FARC suspects with plotting to kill Colombian personalities in Spain, alleging that the alliance between the two armed groups was backed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

http://www.neurope.eu/articles/Spain-says-no-row-with-Venezuela-over-ETA-FARC/99744.php

[rabs]

1. Spain has 4,000,000,000 reasons not to antagonize

Chavez and Venezuela.

The Iberians have 4 bbbillon euros invested in banking, telecommunications, shipbuilding and all sorts of other businesses in Venezuela.

So Spain has decided that its economic interests prevail over any alleged ETA/FARC connections that may have involved pre-Chavez Venezuela.

:rofl:

http://alasc.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/4-000-millones-de-razones-para-no-pelear/