Chavez derides rebel data, reviews Colombian relations

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CARACAS (AFP) — President Hugo Chavez called the Interpol report on Colombian rebel computer files a "clown show," and said all relations with Colombia would undergo "deep review," as well as Venezuela's cooperation with Interpol.

Interpol said Thursday the computer files Colombia seized during a March 1 raid on a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador had not been tampered with, but said nothing about their content, which Colombia alleges prove close links between FARC and Chavez and Ecuador.

"It's all a clown show that, in my view, doesn't deserve a serious comment ... it's not worth our time," Chavez told an international press briefing.

Even before Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble made his announcement, Colombia said the computer files proved Chavez...