this is a quick diary, I just saw it on the international version of CNN
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered 10 battalions of military forces to the country's border with Colombia, and ordered the closure of Venezuela's embassy in Colombia's capital city of Bogota.
Expect the financial markets to react negatively to this tomorrow. More choice quotes below the fold.
Mr. Chavez is using martial rhetoric:
"I put Venezuela on alert, and we will support Ecuador in any circumstance," Chavez said Sunday on his weekly talk show "Alo Presidente," or "Hello, President."
"We don't want war, but we will not allow the North American empire -- which is the master -- and its sub-President [Alvaro] Uribe and the Colombian oligarchy to divide, to weaken us. We will not allow it."
I'll update as we get more info...
UPDATE 9:14EST - Basically Columbia had a firefight with FARC rebels 2km inside Ecuador -- violating Ecuadorian airspace. FARC apparently has some sympathetic ears in the Venezuelan government.
UPDATE: 9:22 EST - Ecuador has also now recalled it's ambassador from Colombia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...