“Whether or not he or his brand-new Defense Minister or his wife or his cats are reelected, Álvaro Uribe is a fascist, and the Colombian government is a murderous government unworthy of being called friendly or brotherly, as my brother Chávez told him (4). Uribe can’t be a contributor or anything like that, and has […]
July 11, 2008
Comments Off on Colombia,Uribe,Hostages,FARC,Rescue Videos: Help, We Need A Music Break
After a solid week of scrutinizing Colombian hostage rescue videos trying to figure out why Ingrid looks so good after 6 years in the jungle, why the FARC soldier, “Cesar,” shown on the rescue video is about a foot taller and fairer skinned than another guy also called “Cesar” that the Colombian military had doing […]
July 10, 2008
Comments Off on COLOMBIA: Sec. Gutierrez Gives LULAC the Hard Sell on Free Trade Agreement
Can you imagine being a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens and traveling to DC hoping that your government will give you some sign that they give a damn about you and your issues and you end up getting a hard sell from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on the proposed Colombian Free Trade […]
July 7, 2008
Comments Off on COLOMBIA, US, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR: Improbable Laptops, Probable Endgame
All that has happened in Colombia since March 1, 2008, when Colombia bombed a FARC camp in Ecuador that killed several people including FARC Commander, Raul Reyes, amounts to nothing but a prelude for the main event. If the US has its way, Colombia, especially after the “rescue” of the hostages a few days ago, […]
June 19, 2008
Comments Off on Venezuela,Colombia – US Academics’ Open Letter to INTERPOL Secretary-General Demands Retraction of Inaccurate Statements about the So-Called “FARC” Computers
Recently, INTERPOL examined computers which Colombia claims were seized on March 1 in a FARC camp across the border from Colombia in Ecuador just after Colombia bombed the camp. Colombia immediately spread the allegation that files on the computers showed a link between President Chavez and the FARC. No evidence has been offered by Colombia […]
May 25, 2008
Comments Off on Venezuela,Ecuador,Bolivia,Colombia: With Evo and FARC Weakened, Washington Begins its Checkmate Against Chavez and Correa
From Machetera's blog http://machetera.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/the-pentagon-moves-its-pawns/#more-250 * * * With Evo and the FARC Weakened, Washington Begins its Checkmate Against Hugo Chávez and Rafael Correa Heinz Dieterich - Rebelión Translation: Machetera 1. The Checkmate Scenario Washington has reached the following conclusions: 1. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have lost their operational capacity. 2. It has […]
May 18, 2008
Comments Off on VENEZUELA: Eva Golinger on “The War Machine: Or How to Manipulate Reality”
http://www.chavezcode.com/2008/05/war-machine-or-how-to-manipulate.html The War Machine: Or How to Manipulate Reality By Eva Golinger Interpol’s Creativity Since 2002, the Pentagon has been seeking evidence that intimately relates President Chávez and his government with the FARC. Top secret documents from the Department of Defense (that we have desclassifed under FOIA) evidence that the Pentagon has been unable to […]
March 18, 2008
Comments Off on COLOMBIA-ECUADOR: This Time USA Cut Down to Size
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 to […]
March 6, 2008
Comments Off on COLOMBIA-ECUADOR-US: When a Massacre Isn’t Just a Massacre-Bush’s Hand Behind Reyes Murder
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 Free Trade […]
February 5, 2008
Comments Off on COLOMBIA Anti-FARC March: World’s Oddest Peace Rally- Hostage Relatives Denounce it and Uribe’s Bellicose Rhetoric
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 longtime […]
July 25, 2008
Comments Off on CUBA: Celia Hart on Eve of 7/26 Anniversary of the Moncada Attack “The FARC, Today More than Ever”