Bernardo Alvarez, Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S., responds to Washington Post editorial

A process of South American diplomacy could resolve the Colombia-Venezuela dispute. The US should keep its distance. By Mark Weisbrot - guardian.co.uk

In March I wrote about the Obama administration's contribution to the election campaign under way in Venezuela, where voters will choose a new national assembly in September. I predicted that certain things would happen before September, among them some new "discoveries" that Venezuela supports terrorism. Venezuela has had 13 elections or referenda since Hugo Chávez was first elected in 1998, and in the run-up to most of them, Washington has usually done something to influence the political and media climate.