FARC to support Chavez

UPI: The Bush administration has recently been pressuring the administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias over its leftist polices.

Caracas is now receiving support from the leftist Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia guerrilla group.

VHeadline.com reported that FARC leader Raul Reyes has offered the Venezuelan government his "unconditional support" in the event of a U.S. invasion.

During an interview on Colombian alternative news agency Anncol, Reyes said that his insurgents will "energetically" condemn any invasion coming from the Colombian side of the border and support Venezuela's resistance to an invasion.

Under the U.S. Southern Command's joint U.S.-Colombian "Plan Colombia," U.S. military advisers have assisted Colombian Army's efforts to combat FARC guerrillas using electronic surveillance and helicopters. It also trains Columbian forces.

During the interview Reyes referred to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe as a "narco-paramilitary" and a regional "Yankee beachhead."

This year Uribe is running for reelection. Reyes said that Uribe has failed to deliver on his electoral pledge to free Colombia of FARC, which has been battling the authorities in Bogotá for 40 years in Latin America's longest insurgency.