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Venezuela's Chavez: Won't Help With Spain ETA, FARC Probe
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Venezuela won't offer any help or explanations to clear up the allegations levied by a Spanish judge that his administration collaborated with Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia's largest guerrilla group. Chavez, speaking during an hour-long nationwide broadcast, said his government doesn't have "anything to explain" to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. The comments come after Zapatero said that he had asked Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to "request an explanation from the Venezuelan government" regarding the allegations. Chavez's response comes after a Spanish judge on Monday alleged that the Venezuelan government worked together with ETA and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in a plot to assassinate Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. The Venezuelan leader said that his government had never collaborated with ETA or FARC, and that Zapatero "should investigate the judicial branch." Chavez said he spoke with Moratinos after the allegations were made public on Monday, but that the Spanish Foreign Minister never requested that Venezuela address the accusations. "I don't have to explain anything to Zapatero or anyone," Chavez said. -By Darcy Crowe, Dow Jones Newswires