Venezuela - Next Hot Spot?

[NousDefionsDoc]

2 Ex-Officers Nabbed in Venezuela Slaying

Ex-Venezuelan Police Chiefs Seek Asylum

[lrd]

From your first link:

Officials say Anderson's killing was likely politically motivated. He was investigating some 400 opposition leaders and businessmen who supported a 2002 coup that briefly removed President Hugo Chavez from power.

And from http://embajadausa.org.ve/ :

STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING, November 24, 2004

MR. ERELI: One more?

QUESTION: Yes. It's about Venezuela. What do you think of the terrorist attack in Caracas that killed the prosecutor Danilo Anderson, who was investigating opposition members for the coup against Chavez in 2002? And the suspect of the attack was killed by the Venezuelan police yesterday. I don't know if you have something.

MR. ERELI: I hadn't seen that. We spoke to this matter last week. We condemned this. We condemn the killing of the prosecutor. We called it a terrorist act and we called for a swift and full investigation and said we viewed it as a terrible crime.

Was this a "terrorist act" or a "crime?"

[lrd]

Venezuela plans to buy Russian arms
www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-28 10:08:13

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2269110.htm

[NousDefionsDoc]

Purpose was to change the policy of investigating the event? If that is the case, I would regard it as a terrorist act. No financial gain to be had in the commission.

Or do you find it hard to believe that a State Dept spokesman could contradict him self in a briefing?

[RAT]

This does not add anything to to thread...

BUT!!! The CHICKS are hot there.

So who has the line on the jobs there

RAT OUT!!!

[lrd]

Venezuela’s Attorney General Asks Court to Review Exoneration of Coup Plotters

Friday, Dec 03, 2004

By: Sarah Wagner – Venezuelanalysis.com

Caracas, December 3, 2004—Yesterday, Attorney General Isaías Rodríguez asked the Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela’s Supreme Court to reverse a ruling it made on August 14th, 2002, that had released the military officers who were accused of organizing the April 2002 coup against President Chavez. According to the Supreme Court, the events of April 2002 constituted a “vacuum of power” that military officers legally filled and not a coup. Reversing the court decision would open legal avenues necessary for prosecuting the generals and politicians who were involved in the attempt to depose President Chávez....

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1435

[Psywar1-0]

Originally Posted by RAT

This does not add anything to to thread...

BUT!!! The CHICKS are hot there.

So who has the line on the jobs there

RAT OUT!!!

Hell I dont think there are any. I got a call to shut down the MIST the day Chavez got elected back in 98. We left all kinds of shit, computers ect. Just come home on the next thing smokin. Last I heard the MILGP was 3 guys who never left the embassy.

Kinda hard for any unit to get its HR Certs when the CINC of them all is a Human Rights Abuser.

[Roguish Lawyer]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

Cardinal: Chavez needs 'exorcism'

Sunday, July 31, 2005; Posted: 1:51 p.m. EDT (17:51 GMT)

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- An outspoken Catholic cardinal took his war of words with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to a new level in an interview published Sunday, calling him "a paranoid dictator" who needs "an exorcism."

Rosalio Castillo, Venezuela's only cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, also accused Chavez of rounding up more than 100 political prisoners and torturing some captives.

"There is no democracy here (in Venezuela)," Castillo told Colombia's main newspaper, El Tiempo. "This is a despotic government."

Chavez, who insists he supports democracy, is up for re-election next year, and recent polls suggest he is strongly favored to win.

Earlier this month, Castillo warned that Chavez was gaining too much power and becoming a dictator. Chavez, in turn, called Castillo "a bandit" who "has the devil inside him."

In Sunday's interview, Castillo said his comments on Chavez are not personal, and said they fall in line with the opinions of other church leaders in Venezuela.

"The difference is in the way it's said. There are those who speak diplomatically, and others like me who speak clearly so that everyone understands," the 82-year-old cardinal said.

The Roman Catholic Church has been one of the most critical voices of Chavez, a former paratroop commander and self-styled "revolutionary."

The church is also one of the most trusted institutions in the poverty-stricken South American nation. More than 90 percent of Venezuela's population is Roman Catholic, and church leaders and local priests wield tremendous influence over many of its citizens.

Asked whether he would send a blessing to Chavez, Castillo said: "More than a blessing, I'd give him an exorcism."