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| Ecuador leader denies Farc funds | Ecuador leader denies Farc funds |
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| President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has denied allegations that he received election funds from Marxist Farc rebels in neighbouring Colombia. | President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has denied allegations that he received election funds from Marxist Farc rebels in neighbouring Colombia. |
| He said evidence had been fabricated to destabilise his left-wing government. | He said evidence had been fabricated to destabilise his left-wing government. |
| A video broadcast on Colombian television on Friday appeared to show a Farc leader saying he had contributed to Mr Correa's 2006 campaign. | A video broadcast on Colombian television on Friday appeared to show a Farc leader saying he had contributed to Mr Correa's 2006 campaign. |
| The two countries broke off diplomatic ties last year after Colombian troops raided a rebel base in Ecuador. | The two countries broke off diplomatic ties last year after Colombian troops raided a rebel base in Ecuador. |
| The hour-long video was delivered to the offices of the Associated Press news agency by an unnamed Colombian government official and was later broadcast on national television. | The hour-long video was delivered to the offices of the Associated Press news agency by an unnamed Colombian government official and was later broadcast on national television. |
| AP said it was found on a computer seized in May in the Bogota home of a suspected Farc operative, and was decrypted last week. | AP said it was found on a computer seized in May in the Bogota home of a suspected Farc operative, and was decrypted last week. |
| It allegedly shows Jorge Briceno addressing his troops after the death last March of the Farc's founder Manuel Marulanda. | It allegedly shows Jorge Briceno addressing his troops after the death last March of the Farc's founder Manuel Marulanda. |
| Mr Briceno speaks of money delivered to the 2006 election campaign of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa as well as meetings with his emissaries. | Mr Briceno speaks of money delivered to the 2006 election campaign of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa as well as meetings with his emissaries. |
| 'Destabilisation' | 'Destabilisation' |
| Mr Correa at first dismissed the video as a "sham". | |
| "I personally don't know anyone in the Farc," he said. | "I personally don't know anyone in the Farc," he said. |
| The Ecuadorean president added that the release was part of a campaign by conservative groups "to destabilise the region's progressive governments". | The Ecuadorean president added that the release was part of a campaign by conservative groups "to destabilise the region's progressive governments". |
| "I can also go, now, and get a recording where the paramilitaries say that they financed the campaign of [Colombian President] Alvaro Uribe or of drug traffickers saying that they financed Alvaro Uribe's campaign," he added. | |
| Analysts say that even if the videotape is genuine, it does not prove that Mr Correa personally had any knowledge of contacts with the rebels. | Analysts say that even if the videotape is genuine, it does not prove that Mr Correa personally had any knowledge of contacts with the rebels. |
| Relations between the two nations have worsened recently with an Ecuadorean court seeking the arrest of the former Colombian defence minister who had ordered the raid into Ecuador. | Relations between the two nations have worsened recently with an Ecuadorean court seeking the arrest of the former Colombian defence minister who had ordered the raid into Ecuador. |
| Ecuador is also imposing tariffs on Colombian exports. | Ecuador is also imposing tariffs on Colombian exports. |