Venezuela puts army on high alert, closes Colombia embassy/ Chávez ordena cerrar la Embajada en Bogotá y militarizar la frontera

Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, on Sunday formally ordered the nation's armed forces to be on high alert, the closure of Venezuela's embassy in Colombia and the mobilization of the nation's armed forces to the Colombia border. "We are at a state of alertness. I am putting Venezuela on alert and we will support Ecuador," Chavez told his regular Sunday broadcast Alo Presidente. "Defense minister: move 10 battalions to the Colombia-Venezuela border. Tank battalions, military aircraft: deploy!" he ordered ( full information)/ El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, ordenó este domingo cerrar la Embajada en Bogotá, y enviar 10 batallones, tanques y aviones, a la frontera con Colombia, después del ataque del Ejército colombiano a un campamento de las FARC situado en territorio ecuatoriano ( información completa)