"President of Ecuador tells Bush to 'shut up or send in the troops'"
"Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa told US President George W. Bush on Friday to either send US troops to the border with Colombia or "shut up," in response to criticism that Ecuador harbors Colombian rebels.
"Mr Bush, bring over your soldiers, let your soldiers be the ones who get killed at the southern border with Colombia," Correa said two weeks after Bogota raided a Colombian rebel camp inside Ecuador killing a top rebel leader.
"Lets see if American citizens will accept such a tremendous barbarity. Otherwise, shut up and try to understand what's happening in Latin America," the Ecuadoran leader added.
Correa's challenge followed implied criticism of Ecuador by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, when she said Thursday during a visit to Brazil that "responsible states" should not let their territory be used by "terrorists."
"Chavez says US can ’shove’ terror list""President Hugo Chavez dared the U.S. on Friday to put Venezuela on a list of countries accused of supporting terrorism, calling it one more attempt by Washington to undermine him for political reasons.
“Let them make that list and shove it in their pocket,” Chavez said in a televised speech."
