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Panama: Colombian
Drug-Trafficking Route
to US
Nicaragua Will
Boost Milk, Basic Food Production,
Ortega Says
Nicaragua Says
Colombia Is A Threat To Region
Ecuador Steps up Border,
Security
Brazil Seeks To Ease
Ecuador-Colombia-Venezuela
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Nicaragua Says Colombia
Is A Threat To Region
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega, a former
leftist guerrilla
fighter, accused
Colombia on Monday of
becoming a threat to
Latin America by killing
a top rebel commander in
Ecuador and disputing
territory.
Colombian troops killed
Raul Reyes, the No. 2 of
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia, or
FARC, on Saturday, in a
severe blow to Latin
America's oldest
guerrilla insurgency.
Reyes was killed in
Ecuador in an operation
that included air
strikes and fighting
with rebels across the
border.
"Colombia is becoming a
factor of ...
uncertainty for Latin
America," said Ortega, a
former Marxist
revolutionary and U.S.
Cold War foe who was
voted back to power in
late 2006.
Nicaragua is also at
odds with Colombia over
rich fishing waters in
the Caribbean Sea.
The small Central
American nation has
recently stepped up navy
patrols in waters also
claimed by Colombia to
protect local fishermen
and ward off drug
traffickers.
"We have to protect our
sovereignty. You know
the situation we have
with Colombia," Ortega
added. "Colombia is
becoming a more serious
problem for Latin
America."
Ortega is a close ally
of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez, whose role
in negotiating the
release of FARC hostages
has fueled tensions with
Colombia.
Leftist allies Venezuela
and Ecuador escalated
the crisis with Colombia
on Monday, cutting
diplomatic ties after
the Colombian raid
inside Ecuador sparked
troop deployments and
warnings of war.
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