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Venezuela Adds Firepower on Colombian Border

Tanks, aircraft deployed as standoff escalates

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 5, 2008 2:28 PM CST

(Newser) – Venezuela deployed tanks to the Colombian border, Reuters reports, as Latin American tensions remained high enough that Hugo Chavez warned of an Andean war. Though Colombia refused to send reinforcements to its border, the mobilization of heavy artillery, including support from air and sea forces,...   Read full story »

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