The US is putting on a full-court press to get Congress to pass a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia and is stressing Colombia’s improved human rights record as a good reason to do so.
Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels’
By Juan Forero
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 30, 2008; A12
SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia — [...]
It’s been a breathless couple of weeks since Uribe and his murderous Colombian army bombed a FARC camp inside Ecuador. When the Colombian soldiers arrived at the camp site, they finished off those wounded and lured others to surrender so they could be killed on sight.
So what came out of it all? Thanks [...]
Watch out - when the Venezuelans start speaking French, they mean business!
Venezuela: U.S. Government is “Terrorist Government Par Excellence”
March 12th 2008, by Kiraz Janicke - Venezuelanalysis.com
Caracas, March 12, 2008, (venezuelanalysis.com) - The United States government is “the terrorist government par excellence,” Venezuela’s representative in the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jorge Valero said in [...]
There’s a new blog in town, MACHETERA, at http://machetera.wordpresss.com. It features a terrific new article today about the Colombian violation of Ecuador’s sovereignty in the recent massacre of FARC soldiers. This article reveals that the attack on the FARC was a “planned in Washington” and is associated with US need to pass a [...]
While the anti-FARC march snaked across the globe, many watching this spectacle were coming to the same conclusion: What effect did this have on current hostage negotiations? And, for a march professing peace, why was the rhetoric so bellicose, especially the rhetoric from Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe? See two articles below.
Finally, as a [...]
Fascinating story from “World War 4 Report.” This is a long article, so I am only including two excerpts here. For the full text of the article, double-click on the article title below.
The first excerpt focuses on the bizarre and convoluted path that led to Simon Trinidad’s conviction and sentencing (even [...]
