COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA: Oppenheimer Believes Rebel "Spat" Is No Big Deal.

M.HERALD/ ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: OPINION/            "Journalists are not supposed to shoot down a good story, but I have to confess that I'm not terribly excited about the news of Venezuela's break of diplomatic relations with Colombia, nor about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's threat to stop oil exports to the United States.  
Despite the big headlines about Latin America's latest conflict, senior Latin American and U.S. diplomats tell me that the spat between Chávez and outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is likely to subside -- at least for a while -- once Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos takes office on Aug. 7."

SEE ALSO: AP analysis of Chavez troubles by CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER  :
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