Crisis As Correa Exits After Jibe
March 8, 2008
World News IN BRIEF
*bogota Colombia’s President, Alvaro Uribe, said Colombian rebels helped the Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, get elected, citing as evidence a rebel’s letter seized during a cross-border raid that has sparked an international crisis. Mr Correa walked out of the 20- nation Rio Group summit after the accusation, but an aide said he had gone to the bathroom.
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