In Venezuela, tens thousands of supporters of President Hugo Chavez rallied in Caracas Sunday. Chavez criticized the US and Colombian government for meddling in Venezuelan affairs. Colombia recently admitted it paid a bounty hunter to kidnap a top ranking member of the Colombian rebel group FARC while he was in Caracas. Chavez said “Venezuela must be respected! Nobody can deny that what Colombia has done is a violation of international law … (but) the only government that has defended this vulgar error is the imperialist government of the United States.'’ Last week Condoleeza Rice described Chavez's rule as “very deeply troubling.” At the rally some held signs with messages to President Bush reading “Venezuela is Not Iraq.”