Chávez's Continental Strategy in Tatters

caracaschronicles.blogspot.com Jul 4, 2008

Quico says: A couple of weeks, we had a fun time ragging on Jon Lee Anderson's latest Chávez piece in the New Yorker. But lets get real, Jon Lee Anderson could write a shopping list and it'd probably still be better written than 99% of what you read on the internet. So trawling back through it, it's no surprise to find some increasingly relevant bits:[After breaking the ice at the Santo Domingo regional summit in March,] Chávez had a surprise: the FARC, he said, had just informed him that it was prepared to release six more hostages. Uribe spoke in urgent whispers with his aides. Chávez asked President Fernández if protocol could be broken to allow the mother of Ingrid Betancourt to come into the hall. After some commotion, Betancourt’s mother, Yolanda Pulecio, an elegant woman in her late sixties (and a former Miss... [read full story]

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(anonymous) - Jul 7, 2008 5:34:07 AM

Director Oliver Stone is supporting and funding FARC terrorist group from Colombia in order to make his movie. Is Hollywood supporting terror in third world countries?

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(anonymous) - Jul 7, 2008 9:15:37 AM

What is this nonsense about Oliver Stone supporting Colombian FARC. Oliver Stone does not support any terrorist group. In his movies, Stone show a lot of reality, but that does not mean he supports or sympathizes with terrorism.

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(anonymous) - Jul 7, 2008 4:09:17 AM

To "All" in thier own bravery and courageous sustainment of faith, enduring all the days of suffering. There are no words of comfort which I could share other than my own: GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, and the 700 which will return, in the name of Jesus Christ. Our thoughts and our prayers remain in the hearts of those seeking freedom as we march toward freedom, together. Sincerely and Respectfully, christiansoldier.

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(anonymous) - Jul 7, 2008 9:18:34 AM

The freed Colombian captives have gone through hell. May God help them to recover and use their terrible experience to be a testimonial to all the children of God.

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(anonymous) - Jul 6, 2008 12:55:19 AM

I am very annoyed to see that CNN is not fully objective on it's reporting on who was involved into the liberation of the hostages. I am looking into a full independent international news reporting agency and not for a politicaly motivated news agency. I know that CNN is orienated but there is a limit to what credibility can stand. So don't try to bring the credit on the US when obviously they were not involved....even remotly. It's really bad reporting...I better look at BCC or any international news chanel even at al jazeera if I can get objectives reporting rather than out of place demagogy.

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(anonymous) - Jul 10, 2008 3:29:07 AM

If you really knew the truth...

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(anonymous) - Jul 10, 2008 9:01:36 AM

Interesting standpoint. Some people tend to bring all the 'credit' on the US for all the bad things done in the world. However, when something good happens, they simply don't believe that the US are involved.

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