Semi annual Let's Just Make Shit Up About Hugo Chavez Thread [View All]

PSA: The US is negotiating to put new bases in Colombia. No one seems to want them except the Pentagon and Colombia's homicidal lapdog government. And what better way to distract than to start a new wave of allegations against everyone's favorite "leftist strongman friend of Fidel"? There have been four new allegations in the last 48 hours. I expect we'll see more for the next week or so to keep our minds off of this:

Colombians protest US presence

Colombia : Social and political organizations in Colombia called the people to gather on Tuesday to protest US military presence and defend national sovereignty.

According to the call on Monday, the decision by President Alvaro Uribe to allow the presence of US Army troops in several spots of the Colombian territory, in line with a military pact negotiated with Washington, rides roughshod over Colombia's independence and sovereignty.

Similarly, a call for debate was made by members of the Polo Democratico Alternativo Party at a plenary of the Senate of the Republic, presided over by Senator Gloria Ines Ramirez.

The wave of protest has been joined by members of the executive direction of the Unitary Workers Union (CUT), which demanded that the government respects national sovereignty by closing US bases in Colombian territory.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/29/wld05.asp


Criticism grows over Colombia's U.S. military plan
By Hugh Bronstein
Reuters
Monday, August 3, 2009; 10:03 AM

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A plan to increase U.S. troops in Colombia is drawing opposition not just from left-wing populist leaders in the region but from the moderate governments of Brazil and Chile as well.

The spreading criticism threatens to isolate Colombia from its neighbors as it combats a cocaine-funded insurgency.

The government is expected to sign an expanded U.S. military pact this month after a final round of talks. Colombia, Washington's main ally in the region, says the plan is aimed at strengthening anti-drug efforts.

But leftist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez accuses the United States of setting up a military platform in Colombia from which to "attack" its neighbors.

Chavez allies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua were quick to blast the plan as well. But Colombia was shocked late last week when Chile, a model of free-market policies, and regional heavyweight Brazil voiced concern about the deal as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080300890.html

So, I'll start: I hear Hugo Chavez is outlawing the oppression of panty hose. Only garters represent Bolivaran revolutionary independence.