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A12 WORLD NEWS
Wednesday 11 september 2019
Colombia to tell UN that Venezuela harbors ‘terrorists’

Associated Press for an armed aggression
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — against Venezuela,” Rodri-
A reportedly leaked Ven- guez said, accusing Co-
ezuelan intelligence report lombian officials of backing
indicates that President plots against Maduro.
Nicolás Maduro’s socialist Semana didn’t say how it
government is harboring obtained the documents
Colombian rebels inside and, citing national security
Venezuela, allegations that concerns, it only published
dovetail with evidence Co- heavily redacted excerpts.
lombian officials say they The Associated Press was
will present this month to unable to verify the report.
the United Nations. But Foreign Minister Carlos
Bogota-based Semana Trujillo said the news report
magazine on Sunday pub- coincides with information
lished a report that it said his conservative govern-
was based on Venezuelan ment has collected show-
documents showing how a ing that Maduro has re-
top military official under in- peatedly violated a U.N.
structions from Maduro or- Security Council resolution
dered generals to provide from 2001 banning support
support to a so-called “Red In this Sept. 26, 2008 file photo, photographers take pictures of a bust of the late Manuel Maru- for terror groups. He said
Group” at “training zones” landa, the founding leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in the Caracas’ 23 de Duque will present the evi-
inside Venezuela. Enero neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. dence when he addresses
Maduro’s spokesman on Associated Press U.N. General Assembly this
Monday called the sup- signed by Adm. Remigio ing and logistical support to tion. He said the Venezue- month.
posedly secret documents Ceballos, the second-high- the rebels. lan armed forces on a daily “The Maduro regime now
badly forged fakes. est-ranking Venezuelan According to the report, basis combat illegal armed favors and protects terrorist
The allegations come military officer, and direct- “Red Group” is a code groups from Colombia. organizations from its terri-
against the backdrop of ed to regional military com- word used by Venezuelan Maduro’s minister of com- tory so they can commit
rising tensions between the manders. security forces to describe munications, Jorge Rodri- crimes against Colombia,”
two countries after Colom- In that document, relay- guerrillas from the National guez, appeared on Ven- Trujillo told Blu Radio in an
bian President Ivan Duque ing what he said are direct Liberation Army and FARC, ezuelan state TV alleging interview Monday.
accused Maduro of pro- instructions from Maduro, both of which are classified the supposedly leaked The allegations, for which
viding safe haven to the Ceballos orders his subordi- as a terrorist organization documents were actually Duque has so far provided
former chief negotiator of nates to avoid entering into by the U.S. and European sloppily produced fakes scant evidence, triggered
the Revolutionary Armed conflict with a so-called Union. that included glaring errors Maduro to deploy anti-air-
Forces of Colombia, or “Red Group at training Ceballos posted a mes- in the formal headers that craft missiles and order mili-
FARC, who announced he zones” inside Venezuela. sage on Twitter saying the confused the name of key tary exercises along Vene-
was rearming. He also instructs members documents presented by Venezuelan agencies. zuela’s western border with
One of the alleged docu- of the national guard in the “war dog” magazine “They kill the truth in order Colombia that are set to
ments, dated Aug. 9, is four states to provide train- Semana were a falsifica- to prepare the ground begin on Tuesday.q

European space agency records Amazon air pollution

By DIANE JEANTET released particles into the “The impact of the fires
Associated Press atmosphere. goes far beyond where
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Health experts say stud- the forests are burning,” Li-
New satellite images pub- ies show that air pollution, bonati told The Associated
lished Monday by the Euro- whether it is small particles Press.
pean Space Agency show or gases, leads to an in- Brazil’s Health Ministry
an increase in air pollution crease in cardiovascular shared last week a list of
in the Brazilian Amazon conditions and lung prob- recommendations for those
while fires burned in the re- lems, especially among living in areas close to the
gion last month. young children and the el- fires, saying people should
Several maps showed derly. “avoid staying near places
more carbon monoxide In Porto Velho, the capital where the fires are hap-
and other pollutants in Au- of Brazil’s Amazon state of pening,” wear masks and
gust than in the previous Rondonia, lingering smoke eye protection outdoors
month, when there were has reportedly caused an and favor air conditioning,
fewer fires. A Brazilian soldier puts out fires at the Nova Fronteira region in increase in such respiratory especially in kindergartens,
The agency said fires re- Novo Progresso, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. problems. The number of schools and hospitals.
leased carbon dioxide Associated Press people treated for respira- Last month, Bolsonaro sent
once stored in the Amazon that was announced last 45 percent compared to tory issues increased sharp- the army to help combat
forests back into the atmo- month by President Jair Bol- the same period in 2018. ly in August at the Cosme e the fires. A team of 11 Is-
sphere, potentially having sonaro. Renata Libonati, a profes- Damia Children’s hospital. raeli firefighters was also
an impact on the global Data from Brazil’s National sor in the department of But small particles can also deployed Sunday in the
climate and health. Institute for Space Research meteorology at the Rio de be transported by winds in state of Rondonia to help
Burning continues in the showed the number of fires Janeiro Federal University, cities that are not imme- state and federal forces,
Amazon despite a 60-day in all of Brazil has surpassed said that aside from gases, diately close to where the the defense ministry said in
ban on land-clearing fires 100,000 so far this year, up the burning of forests also fires are taking place. a statement..q