With U.S. Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador

Colombia said it found evidence in the FARC camp that Venezuela had given the rebels more than three-hundred million dollars. Colombia also accused Ecuador of supporting the rebels. Both Venezuela and Ecuador denounced the charges and accused Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of lying.

Mario Murillo, longtime journalist and author of “Colombia and the United States: War, Terrorism and Destablization.” He is Co-host of Wake-Up Call on the Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York. He joins me from the Hofstra University studio in Long Island, where he teaches media and communications.

Helga Serrano, Ecuadorian activist with the international network for the abolition of foreign military bases, No Bases. Speaking from Quito, Ecuador.

Arlene Tickner, Professor of International Affairs at the University of los Andes in Bogota, where she joins us on the phone.