Capriles denies any advice from Colombian former president Uribe

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate for the Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) denied on Monday having been offered or received any electoral counsel from former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2012-2010) during the run-up to October 7 presidential election. 

"I am the team's captain (...) All the actions carried out by the team are made upon the decision of its captain, a Venezuelan citizen," asserted Capriles during an interview with Colombian radio station RCN, reported EFE. 

In recent months, Uribe has publicly supported Capriles as presidential candidate and lambasted Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who is seeking his reelection and broke diplomatic relations with Colombia during Uribe's presidency.

"I do not know former President Uribe. I have never had the chance to meet him and I have never spoken to him," said Capriles, who criticized the Government's "double standard" claiming Uribe and Chávez were close allies in the past.

The opposition leader added that Venezuelan and Colombia will always share a common reality due to their proximity and said that both countries seek peace, progress, and the end of (Colombia's) war.