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U.N.: Costa Rica Emerges as Compromise Candidate Stewart Stogel NEW YORK -- Diplomatic sources tell NewsMax that a hotly contested non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat between Venezuela and Guatemala apparently was settled Tuesday night.
The deadlock between U.S.-backed Guatemala and Venezuela's fiery President Hugo Chavez, which began a week ago, had taken a five-day "hiatus" and was to resume on Wednesday.
Though Guatemala had led through almost every round of the voting, it never got the required 2/3 majority of the U.N. General Assembly to be elected to a two-year term on the Security Council.
The stalemate became a tug-of-war between Washington and Caracas.
Chavez, who had labeled President George W. Bush as "the devil," had repeatedly vowed "to fight to the death" and block the White House's "candidate" Guatemala.
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On Tuesday night, it appears both sides decided to "bury" the hatchet.
Word is Costa Rica will be the new compromise candidate.
No comment from the White House on the latest turn of events.
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