It is true. What's true is that Colombia and Venezuela depend on each other economically. If you go to the border region of Venezuela and Colombia, you will see more clandestine trade than you can shake a stick at. You see food coming over clandestinely from Colombia. You see cheap gasoline. Gasoline is 15 cents a gallon in Venezuela coming over the border. So yes, the people relate. It's convenient for both the Colombian and Venezuelan presidents to manufacture an external enemy. It's the classic scheme in political science, because it defers your own problems to somebody else.
On June 15th, 2010. See this statement in context.