If elected, Capriles vows Venezuela will help with Colombia peace talks

Venezuelan opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles, who is running against President Hugo Chavez, pledged his commitment to assisting the Colombian government in their negotiations with the FARC guerrillas.

By Andrew Cawthorne,?Reuters / October 1, 2012

Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles smiles during a news conference in Caracas October 1.

Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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Venezuelan opposition leader?Henrique Capriles?pledged to help Colombia in its peace talks with rebels and distance himself from Iran should he defeat President?Hugo Chavez?in an increasingly tight race ahead of Sunday's election.

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The government of neighboring?Colombia?is due to start talks with Marxist FARC guerrillas this month in?Oslo?to try to end five decades of conflict.?Chavez's government, accused by?Bogota?of backing the rebels in the past, supports the talks.

That has led to speculation that an opposition victory in?Venezuela?on Oct. 7 could damage prospects for peace in?Colombia. But Capriles denied that was the case.

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