Via the BBC:  No Farc in Venezuela, says Colombian President Santos

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says Venezuela is no longer harbouring Colombian left-wing rebels.

Accusations by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe that Venezuela was giving refuge to Farc guerrillas led to a break-down in relations between the two neighbours last year.

President Santos also praised Venezuela for handing over two alleged rebels from another left-wing group on Monday.

This pronouncement was met with skepticism by former president Alvaro Uribe:

In three tweets sent from his Twitter account and tagged "terrorist hideaway", Mr Uribe asked where a number of Farc rebels were – implying they were in Venezuela.

My first reaction to this was that there was something amusing about Uribe tweeting his discontent, especially if one is familiar with Uribe’s time in office.  He doesn’t strike me, at least not from a distance, as someone who would be happy being reduced to tweeting—especially on this topic, as he was quite strident in his views on Venezuela.

My second reaction was bravo for democracy:  this is as it should be, i.e., once one’s term is done, one ought to recede to the background, even if one was the most popular president in modern Colombian history.

BTW, I never thought that there was rampant FARC activity in Venezuela, but also would hardly be surprised if there were members of the group taking advantage of the frontier still.