Venezuela and Ecuador order troops to Colombian border

Monday, March 3, 2008

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops to the border with Colombia on Sunday, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.

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