Talk:Venezuela and state-sponsored terrorism

Inappropriate expansion
This edit seems inappropriate and was rushed following the article's nomination for deletion. None of the articles describe a relationship between the Venezuelan government and guerrilla groups; the articles instead present that the Chávez government was participating in mediation efforts in the Colombian conflict. There have been adversarial parties, namely Colombia and the United States, who have accused the Venezuelan government of being involved with sponsoring FARC. This, again, may be undue in nature. Finally, regarding the Maduro administration presenting itself as being "welcome" to two (then former) FARC leaders, the context is that a peace process was still in the works at the time.

If we can have independent, reliable sources documenting Venezuela's support for FARC and the ELN, I would remove my nomination, but this edit seems like a quick copy and paste job, especially after seeing that a bot had to remove Spanish code from the article. WMrapids (talk) 07:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Would you like helping out with it? It wouldn't hurt, given your interest in topics about Venezuela. --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I have improved the sourcing, including quotes, format and additional references. However, it would be helpful what you mean saying that the articles "don't describe a relationship between the Venezuelan government and guerrilla groups". Only one of the seven original sources mentioned the meeting you're referring to, and the original content included:
 * Chávez request to withdraw the FARC from terrorist lists.
 * El País article about FARC camps in the country.
 * Satellite photographs reaching the same conclusion.
 * Presence of the ELN in nearly half the country.
 * Forced recruitment of Venezuelan citizens by the ELN.
 * I have also withdrawn the content that you disputed about Maduro's statements. If there aren't further issues, the nomination could be withdrawn. --NoonIcarus (talk) 16:00, 29 February 2024 (UTC)