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US Slaps Sanctions on Chavez Aides

3 charged with backing FARC drug runners, as tensions mount

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2008 5:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – Escalating the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, the US has frozen the assets of three members of Hugo Chavez's inner circle it accuses of having links with drug-running Colombian rebels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sanctions follow the expulsion by Venezuela and Bolivia of their... Read full story »

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US Slaps Sanctions on Chavez Aides

3 charged with backing FARC drug runners, as tensions mount

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