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Chavez Reveals Real Hostage Release Scheme
It didn't take Chavez long to reveal the objective of his and FARC's stunt by releasing 2 of 700 hostages. He want's to legitamize FARC. Chavez knows that the only way for his and Castros plan to spread Castroism thru Latin America is by elections. And Farc is part of his plan. They are communist Lefists just like Chavez. So maybe they can release a hostage a week till the media starts writing stories about how humanitarian FARC is. It is so easy for leftists to fool the media these days. Just yesterday Chavez was portrayed as the victorious statesman negotiating with his murdering hostage taking comrades. Now he wants people to accept FARC as just another political movement. Let's just forget all the murders and drugs these Communist jungle dwellers are just fighting for the little guy. Like their benefactor Chavez. If it wasn't so transparent it would be deep.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez defended Colombia's leftist rebels as armies—not terrorists—on Friday, a day after triumphantly mediating the release of two of their hundreds of hostages.Chavez urged the international community to remove the rebels from lists of terrorist groups, saying the only way out of Colombia's bloody conflict is to recognize their political aims.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army "are not terrorists, they are true armies ... They must be recognized," Chavez said.
"They are insurgent forces that have a political project," he told lawmakers. "I say it even though someone could be bothered by it."
The FARC—Colombia's largest guerrilla group—has repeatedly asked world governments to remove it from their lists of foreign terrorist organizations. Chavez echoed that call, urging Europe and Latin American nations to resist what he called "U.S. pressure."
The European Union joined Washington in classifying FARC as a terrorist group in 2002, outlawing all economic support to the guerrilla group, which is accused of large-scale drug trafficking, hundreds of kidnappings and attacks on civilians.
Jose Obdulio Gaviria, a close adviser to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, reacted angrily to Chavez's call.
"The FARC uses violence against a democratic government and civil populations. In the canon of international law, that makes them a terrorist group," Gaviria said.
Officials in Bogota were also irked that Venezuelan Justice Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin—Chavez's go-between with the FARC—appeared to express support for the rebels during Thursday's hostage release, and at least one pro-government party leader called for Chavez to fire him.
The “Hero”
As I’m sure you’ve heard, ad
nauseum, the Marxist Colombian FARC rebels released two hostages that
they had been holding for ransom in the jungles of Colombia as a result
of a “deal” “negotiated” by Hugo Chavez yesterday. They are Clara Rojas
and Consuelo Gonzalez.
The press is falling all over itself in giving Chavez his props, as they say, for his “triumph”.
From Reuter’s:
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, hit
by recent setbacks to his socialist revolution, scored a major
political victory on Thursday by winning the freedom of two hostages
held by Colombia's Marxist rebels.The hostages' freedom also brought international praise for Chavez,
a fierce critic of the United States, and he even received grudging
acknowledgment from Washington.Analysts said Chavez's international reputation was boosted by the
deal, just a month after he suffered a stunning defeat at home in a
referendum vote on extending his powers"With this tangible and welcome result, Chavez can now claim that he
is a regional leader committed to peace," said Michael Shifter, a Latin
American expert at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank..
Think about this one. The FARC is a bunch of narco-trafficking
terrorist thugs in the Castro tradition who are given aid, comfort and
guidance by both Chavez and the Havana regime. Basically, the FARC is a
client organization of Havana. It has always been.
So, either two things happened here:
1) Chavez ordered him to release a couple of hostages because the
“struggle” needed a victory and if they didn’t , well I’ll cut off your
funding and your drug deals.
Or…
2) Chavez gave them a suitcase full of money to buy the release of the two women.
For this, in the eyes of the press, he’s praised as a triumphant
hero, as a humanitarian and having “won” a political victory over
Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe.
Now, it’s not that the press doesn’t know how to be skeptical about
the motives and the actions of governments facing hostage crises. They
just choose to look the other way when it pertains to America’s
enemies, "fierce critics" and the left.
Imagine if you will, that there was a democratic right-leaning
insurgency in Mexico trying to overthrow the corrupt oligarchy that has
run that country (into the ground) for centuries. Now, its neighbor,
the U.S. openly backs these rebels and it is suspected that it covertly
finances and gives them aid and intelligence, etc.. Now, imagine that
these insurgent freedom fighters take a couple of politicians hostage
and the American president “negotiates” the release of these hostages
by the rebels that everyone knows are his allies at a time when he’s
had one political defeat after another.
How would the press handle that story? Would they praise the
American president or would they “investigate” and try to get to the
truth behind the propaganda? The “real story”.
For example, remember the Jessica Lynch story where the US military
rescued a captured female American GI form her Iraqui captors and by
the time the press (and Ms. Lynch) was done with the story, the US Military were the bad guys-as usual:
… a Pentagon willing to stretch the truth to boost morale.
One bbc report dismissed the rescue operation as "one of the most
stunning pieces of news management ever conceived." And so the
uncertainty fluttered around her: Was she a hero, or a pawn?
Interesting how no reporter is asking if its even within the realm
of possibility that Chavez or Raul are stretching the truth or using
these two released hostages as pawns or if the hostage release deal is
a “stunning piece of news management.” No, of course not. They’re
obviously being managed all too willfully and effectively by the
Castro- Chavez propaganda machine. Source babalu








Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 12:22 on January 11th, 2008
mpress, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:56 on January 12th, 2008
Mpress, a complementing side of the story is worthwile reading too. Please take a peep!
Chávez receives hostages freedby the FARC
BY JUAN ANTONIO BORREGO —Granma daily special correspondent—
CARACAS.— After being freed early Thursday in the jungle of southern Colombia, Clara Rojas and Consuelo González de Perdomo were received in the Venezuelan capital by family members and by President Hugo Chávez Frías, who fought tirelessly for months to achieve their release. It finally came about after an operation involving the Venezuelan government, representatives of the International Red Cross, and Senator Piedad Córdova, and after a request submitted to Colombia by the Cuban ambassador in Caracas, Germán Sánchez Otero.
Chávez with Clara, Consuelo, their
families and Senator Piedad Córdova
at Miraflores Palace.
Clara and Consuelo were handed over to the humanitarian delegation by a commando from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) at a designated location. The commando also delivered proof to Venezuelan Justice Minister Ramón Rodríguez Chacín that 10 other hostages are still alive, as a goodwill gesture on the part of the guerrilla force to continue the process of freeing the individuals it is holding.
Upon arriving in Caracas, the two women seemed to be healthy and in good spirits, and publicly urged Chávez to continue his humanitarian mission for the release of other hostages held by the guerilla.
Meanwhile, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, in a televised appearance, congratulated all sides for the success of the operation, which he said was carried out via the efforts and efficiency of his Venezuelan counterpart. Uribe also thanked Presidente Fidel Castro and Cuba for their efforts in working for peace in his country.
Translated by Granma International