The FARC Files

New evidence linking Venezuela and Ecuador to mutual support with Colombia’s FARC rebels rekindled a year-long diplomatic feud, even as it provided Colombia’s President Uribe with a chance to turn the page on the public discussion regarding military abuse scandals and the shifting of U.S. anti-narcotics bases from Ecuador to Colombia. Despite denials from Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa and Hugo Chavez’s government, seized documents and videos suggests Correa’s 2006 campaign accepted FARC contributions, and Venezuela helped the FARC purchase Swedish rocket-propelled grenades.