CARACAS, Thursday July 31, 2008 | Update
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reported on Thursday
that he has plans to show up in an anti-drug summit of the
Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela
which is being held in the Colombian city of Cartagena.
"Tomorrow (Friday), I will travel to Cartagena's summit,
and I am bringing some ideas," said Chávez during a meeting
with the Venezuelan Association of Catholic Schools, aired
on radio and TV, AFP quoted.
Salvadorian President Elías Antonio Saca arrived already.
The presidents of Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican
Republic are expected also to join their host and Colombian
counterpart Álvaro Uribe.
The closing session will be held on Friday with the execution
of the Cartagena Declaration, to wrap up the participants'
endeavors to fight illicit drugs, including production, distribution
and consumption.
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.