乔治·布什指责了委内瑞拉总统“称赞恐怖分子”和挥霍他的国家的油财富给竞选加油反对美国。

美国总统在一个Farc反叛基地批评了Hugo Chavez的反应到一次最近哥伦比亚的袭击在拉丁美洲激发一次一周之间的外交危机的厄瓜多尔。

“委内瑞拉的总统称赞了恐怖分子的头目作为一好革命，并且命令他的队伍对哥伦比亚的边界”，布什说。

美国领导说移动是“最新的步在干扰的行为模式诱惑由政权在加拉加斯”。

布什也重申了他的支持为Alavaro Uribe，哥伦比亚的总统，并且警告区域面对一个选择在它的未来。

“The region is facing an increasingly stark choice: to quietly accept the vision of the terrorists and the demagogues, or to actively support democratic leaders like President Uribe.

“I’ve made my choice. I’m standing with courageous leadership that believes in freedom and peace.”

‘Empty promises’

Bush’s sharp criticism of Chavez came as the White House tried to portray the passage of a US-Colombia free trade agreement as critical to stem Chavez’s influence across Latin America.

Wednesday’s speech was made at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

“As it tries to expand its influence in Latin America, the regime claims to promote social justice.

“In truth its agenda amounts to little more than empty promises and a thirst for power,” Bush said.

“It has squandered its oil wealth in an effort to promote its hostile anti-American vision; it has left its own citizens to face food shortages while it threatens its neighbours,” he added.

Colombian apology

Bush spoke just days after Latin American leaders agreed an end to a week-long crisis sparked by the cross-border raid inside Ecuador that killed a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) commander.

Ecuador also sent troops to the Colombian border and cut diplomatic ties with Bogota over the incident.

Colombia apologised and promised never to carry out such a raid again.

The recent crisis reflected a sharp political divide in South America, where Uribe, who has strong US backing, is opposed by Chavez and his allies who fiercely reject what they call US “imperialism”.

Chavez, who has called for a socialist revolution in Latin America to counter US influence, regularly criticises Bush and once called him the “devil” in a speech to the UN General Assembly.

Agencies

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