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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Sparks Fly at South American Summit 07/03/08 "Al Jazeera" -- -- South American leaders have traded allegations at a meeting in the Dominican Republic dominated by the growing crisis over Colombia's raid on a Farc camp in Ecuador. The angry exchanges came as Colombia announced it had killed another top commander from the Farc, the country's biggest rebel movement. On Friday Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorean president, angrily denied allegations by Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian president, that the Farc had helped him get elected. Ecuador has already broken off diplomatic relations with Colombia and sent troops to its border with the country over the incident. 'Infamy' Speaking at the meeting, Uribe said Correa had not co-operated in "the fight against terrorism". He also said Colombian forces had seized a letter during the Ecuador raid, which killed senior Farc commander Raul Reyes, in which it mentioned "aid delivered to Rafael Correa, as instructed". Correa rejected the claims as "infamy", and said that while Ecuador had been in contact with the Farc group, it was only during negotiations over the dozens of hostages currently being held by the group. "This is an emergency, an emergency with the most serious consequences if we do not act in time," Correa said. Uribe also acknowledged that he had not informed Ecuador about the raid which led to Venezuela and Ecuador sending troops to their Colombian borders. "I didn't inform him of the operation because we have not had co-operation from the government of president Correa in the fight against terrorism," Uribe said during the summit. "Colombia can show its willingness to co-operate with all those who want to co-operate." Following the debate Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president, called for a solution, while Guatemala's Alvaro Colom proposed a reconciliation commission visit both countries. The Rio Group summit of 20 Latin American states had been scheduled before the dispute, but the developing political crisis between Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela has so far dominated proceedings. Second killing On Friday the Colombian military said it had killed Ivan Rios, a member of the Farc's top command, in western Colombia. Rios, whose real name is Manuel Munoz Ortiz, was reportedly killed in combat with Colombian soldiers in the region of Samana, about 400km west of the Colombian capital, Bogota, a Colombia justice ministry official told AFP. If confirmed, he is the second Farc commander to be killed by the Colombian army after the death of Reyes in the Ecuador raid last weekend. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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