The insecurity on the Venezuela-Colombia border is part of a plan hatched by Bogota and Washington to destabilize Venezuela, the socialist country's Foreign Minister said Thursday.
"This plan includes trying to destabilize Venezuela by means of violence, hitmen, murders, the increase of crime at the border and in the country's main cities," Minister Nicolas Maduro told ABN Thursday.
The Minister believes that Colombian paramilitaries are key in the destabilization plan.
"We have important clues that link the [political] opposition in Venezuela to Colombian paramilitaries," Maduro said.
Venezuela views the current border instability as part of a larger strategy by U.S to undermine sovereignty in the region. Maduro cited the recent controversial military bases pact signed by Colombia and the U.S - which allows the U.S. access to seven Colombian military bases - as evidence of this strategy.
The Foreign Minister stressed that Venezuela "has a plan in place" and will "defeat any destabilization plan".
Ties between the Andean countries have frayed over the murders of nine Colombian civilians in Venezuela and accusations from President Hugo Chavez that three Colombian agents were caught spying.
Chavez also threatened to block trade because of his disagreement with a U.S.-Colombian military pact.
The border has long been a reason of friction between the country as both paramilitary and guerrilla fighters from Colombia cross it to escape Colombian authorities and move Colombian-produced cocaine to Venezuela for further transport.
Venezuelan authorities closed the border Tuesday following the deaths of two Venezuelan soldiers near the frontier and Chavez threatened to close it permanently.
Closing the border would further deteriorate the situation for Colombian exporters who already have seen a decrease in income because of the tensions between the two neighboring countries.
tomtom33
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... Actually, Señor Maduro, you have no clue what so ever. This strategy of focusing on the US and/or Colombian bogeymen can only go so far. What you really need to concentrate on is getting your economy going. All of this screwy nonsense will get you exactly nowhere. |
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... @ tomtom33 http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2009/10/venezuelas-parallel-rate.html http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2009/10/quiztime-which-south-american-currency.html http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2009/10/oh-noes-venezuelan-inflation-and-end-of.html |
tomtom33
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... I read about the first paragraph of the first link. I have no more time to waste. This dumbass is getting his information from people who live in Venezuela including my relatives. Understand this: statistics do not mean shit. Venezuela is going down the chute. And how the hell can you track a black market exchange rate? If things were going so well, Hugo would not have the act the jackass to try to create an enemy to keep his people's minds off of their problems. |
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... The first link is admittedly combative.  Read the other ones though. That guy is not a Chavista and he certainly isn't dumbass. His blog is good. "If things were going so well, Hugo would not have the act the jackass to try to create an enemy to keep his people's minds off of their problems." As for this...couldn't the same be said for almost every other world leader? Uribe barely lets a day go by without accusing someone of attempting to bring about the downfall of Colombia. |
Adriaan
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... Venezuela's biggest problem I think is its security, not so much its economy. So blaming Colombia for a deteriorated security situation is the domestic politics. The same can be said of accusing neighbors of supporting the FARC to extent X to avoid acknowledging you are not wining a war as fast as you'd like to, I guess. |
jose
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... all of this stuff with our neighbours is a real childish reckless deal instead of being together, supporting each othersin order to face the earth's changes. Babies, kids, tee!!! history of civilization has demostrated, what sort of concequences we could suffer, if this crazyness lwould last for the coming future. we need to keep people inform about this shit |
Bluebird
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... When the army finds weapons, rocket launchers, etc. in FARC stockpiles and the weapons are easily traceable back to European countries who say they sold them to Venezuela thens it's pretty easy to come to the conclusion that Venezuela is the source and that they are supporting the FARC........not difficult to figure that one out. This is just one example among many. Colombia is MORE than justified in accusing Venezuela of prolonging the war. |
Adriaan
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... Other than the Colombian government, no one backed the accusation that Venezuela willingly supplied the FARC. The accusation was made, Venezuela said the weapons were stolen before Chavez was in power and no one bothers to look for evidence to see if the accusation was just. In the end no one knows if the accusation made sense or not. At the same time Venezuela says Colombia is sending paramilitary death squads to Venezuela to kill Chavez and again no one bothers to investigate if that makes any sense. Accusations need to be proven before you start using them or you end up supporting bogus causes and that's not really helping anyone. |
Bluebird
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... Good grief Adriaan........of course Venezuela said they were "stolen". They had to come up with SOMETHING to say!!! They couldn't just admit to what they were doing when they got caught red handed! And anybody can figure out that if Colombian paramilitary are in Venezuela then they are there hunting FARC since Chavez is gracious enought to not only provide weapons but sanctuary as well. |
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... Good grief bluebird.....you may consider some of us to be mindless chavistas/anti-uribe, but it ain't so pal. Hugo and Alvaro are just politicians - with good and bad parts. How easily you are pulled into one side of this political battle. I know you read the news man, so what gives? Maybe you just read press releases. Word for word, what the Uribe admin lays down - you always pick up. It makes for boring posts. Adriaan really is the voice of reason on here sometimes. "Accusations need to be proven before you start using them or you end up supporting bogus causes and that's not really helping anyone." |
Bluebird
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... And.... you can deny it til the cows come home but your posts make it perfectly clear where your sympathies lie don't try to piss on my leg and tell me it's raining PAL. Don't pretend to be some kind of middle of the roader......at least have the courage of your convictions( whatever they may be). |
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... Coming from you...it doesn't really mean anything. I don't really care to argue with you and I'm sorry I started in on you. All I'm trying to say is you are one of the few people posting on this site who refuses to ever break ranks with their great leader (Uribe or Chavez). No one looks to you for insight. You are taken about as seriously as Andrewmann around here. (My apologies to Andrewmann - people can be rough on you) |
Bluebird
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... LOL....yeah they all look to you for insightful comment! Thats too funny! Quite a clown aren't you...... |
