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Colombia in UN appeal after Chavez makes ‘war’ call

Colombia is to appeal to the UN Security Council after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.

For months Chavez has said that a military cooperation pact signed last month between Bogota and Washington could set the stage for a US invasion of Venezuela from Colombian territory.