UPDATE

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez now threatens economic turmoil in the region and has convinced his pal, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to cut off all diplomatic ties with Colombia. This comes as Sec. State Condoleezza Rice showed strong support of our Colombian ally and U.S. Rep. from Florida Connie Mack says he’ll ask President Bush to designate Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism. In an interview with me this afternoon, Mack said,

“The more desperate he comes, the more dangerous he becomes, the more dangerous the region becomes and that’s why we need to continue to spread the good will of the US so we can gain more allies and isolate those leaders who have turned to dictatorship.”

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