Bush backs Colombia as fear of Latin American war looms

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COLOMBIA last night won the backing of George Bush, the US president, despite escalating the region's crisis by accusing neighbouring Venezuela of genocide.

Mr Bush weighed into the crisis for the first time since Colombian forces provoked outrage by entering Ecuador and killing a leading leftist rebel. He accused Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, of provocative manoeuvres and warned that he opposed any act of aggression in the region.

Mr Chavez, who has threatened to stop selling oil to the United States if it attacks, has warned war could break out.

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