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In June of this year, the new leader of the FARC Alfonso Cano sent a letter to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega asking for a meeting. The letter was made public by the FARC’s Swedish-based News Agency and by Daniel Ortega himself. At that point, the Colombian government sent a diplomatic note to Managua telling the Nicaraguan government that it was not authorized to meet with any member of the FARC. To this, Ortega replied that he didn’t “permission” from anybody to meet with the FARC. The meeting took place in Esteli on July 19th according to the Nicaraguan press. Today, both the Colombian and Venezuelan press is reporting that Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA flew six members of the FARC including two members of the FARC’s Secretariat on one of their planes from Venezuela to Managua.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez claims that his government does not provide assistance nor refuge to the FARC. Flying the FARC on a Venezuelan state owned Cessna flies in the face of those claims.

Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chávez are playing a dangerous game. Iván Márquez, Pablo Catatumbo, Rodrigo Granda and Pastor Alape are wanted by Interpol and Nicaragua was informed on this. Nicaragua chose to disregard the information. It is time for economic sanctions against the regime of Daniel Ortega. More from Venezuela’s Noticias 24.