Pubdate: Sat, 04 Nov 2000
Source: New York Times (NY)
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Section: World Briefing
Author: Larry Rohter

VENEZUELA: NAVAL WARNING

The Foreign Ministry has warned that it will expel "any ship or boat which
enters the Gulf of Venezuela, of whatever nationality it may be." The threat
follows what Venezuela calls an incursion into its territorial waters last
month by a United States Coast Guard vessel on a drug interdiction mission.
The State Department says the ship was "operating in accordance with
international maritime law" at all times.
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