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"South America on brink of war"
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South America was on the brink of war yesterday as Venezuela and Ecuador amassed troops on the Colombian border in response to the killing of a Marxist rebel leader.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to join the rebels in a war to overthrow hard-line Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a key ally of the United States, deploying tanks, fighter jets and thousands of troops along the Colombian border.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa also ordered troops to the border, expelled Colombia's ambassador and recalled its ambassador to Bogota, but left its embassy open. Venezuela closed its embassy in Colombia and ordered all diplomats home.
A weekend battle sparked the mobilization, in which Colombian forces killed a top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in a camp in Ecuador.
"The obsessive conduct of those who prize the military option sharpens the armed conflict with grave possible consequences" read a statement from Venezuela's Foreign Ministry after the weekend killing of FARC's second in command, Raul Reyes.
On his weekly Sunday talk show "Hello President," Mr. Chavez accused Colombia of "invading" Ecuador, and compared the action to Israeli attacks against Palestinians.
"The Colombian government has become the Israel of Latin America," Mr. Chavez said. He called Colombia a "terrorist" state and its president, Mr. Uribe, a criminal; "Dracula's fangs are covered in blood."
Mr. Correa said Colombia deliberately carried out the strike beyond its borders. "There is no justification," he said last night, snubbing an earlier announcement from Colombia that it would apologize for the incursion.
Colombia's government said yesterday documents found in a jungle camp in Ecuador where Colombia troops killed Mr. Reyes showed ties between the FARC rebels and Mr. Correa, including contacts with his government about political proposals.
Police Cmdr. Gen. Oscar Naranjo said documents found in computers belonging to Mr. Reyes showed contacts between a top Correa government minister and the FARC commander to discuss political proposals and projects on the frontier.
"The questions raised by these documents need concrete answers," Gen. Naranjo said. "What is the state of relations between the Ecuadorean government and a terrorist group like the FARC."
Mr. Uribe has often accused the FARC of using Venezuelan and Ecuadorean territory as safe havens from military attacks.
Mr. Chavez has been trying to negotiate a prisoner exchange between the Colombian government and FARC, which holds hundreds of hostages including three American contractors and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
He has brokered the recent release of seven hostages thus far, including four late last month.
During yesterday's television appearance, Mr. Chavez appeared to side with FARC's four decade effort to oust the government and establish a revolutionary state.
"Someday Colombia will be freed from the hand of the [U.S.] empire," Mr. Chavez said. "We have to liberate Colombia."
In another rhetorical flourish, he gave orders to Venezuela's military as millions watched on TV.
"Mr. Defense Minister, move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately — tank battalions, deploy the air force," Mr. Chavez said. "We don't want war, but we aren't going to permit the U.S. empire, which is the master … to come divide us."
Estimates of the number of troops in 10 Venezuelan battalions ranged from 3,000 to 6,000.
Yesterday's threat pushes already tense relations between the South American neighbors to their lowest point since Mr. Chavez took power in 1999, vowing to make Venezuela a revolutionary socialist state.
Speaking in Texas, U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said officials were monitoring the situation.
"This is an odd reaction by Venezuela to Colombia's efforts against the FARC, a terrorist organization that continues to hold Colombians, Americans and others hostage," Mr. Johndroe said.
Colombia denied it violated Ecuador's sovereignty but acknowledged attacking the camp maintained on Ecuadorean soil by FARC.
"The terrorists, among them Raul Reyes, have had the custom of killing in Colombia and taking refuge in the territory of neighboring countries. Many times Colombia has suffered from this situation," Colombia's Foreign Ministry said.
In addition to Mr. Reyes, 16 Colombian rebels died in the attack.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Suzanne Hall, in Bogota, would not comment on possible American involvement in the operation that led to Mr. Reyes' death.
"This is a government of Colombia operation," she said. "Talk to the government of Colombia for any operational details."
Mr. Correa said Colombia's military violated Ecuadorean airspace and entered to carry away Mr. Reyes' body.
Mr. Reyes, 59, whose real name is Luis Edgar Devia Silva, had been mentioned as a favorite to succeed aging leader Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda.
His death marks the biggest single victory since Mr. Uribe took office in 2002 with a vow to defeat the rebels. He has received billions of dollars in U.S. military aid.
Colombia has already carried out limited operations against FARC sanctuaries in Venezuela.
In 2004, an undercover team snatched the group's "chancellor," Rodrigo Granda, from Caracas. In another incident last year, two Colombian soldiers were killed while on an intelligence mission along the border of both countries.
While the Colombian army is numerically superior and is thought to be better trained than Venezuela's, Mr. Chavez's recent acquisition of 53 Russian combat helicopters and 24 Sukhoi SU 30 warplanes potentially gives him air superiority, military analysts say.
chavez is an asshole!!!!the problem should be between colombia and ecuador!!!URIBE IS THE BEST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF COLOMBIA!!!
CHAVEZ SHOULD DIE!!!!
I am venezuelan and I am ashamed of our president. Chavez is a nut case and must be removed.
Re: Elisabeth – your a fucking idiot.you need to do some research before you run your mouth. Millions of people have lived and are free today because of the sacrifices of americans. Sometimes you have to fight for what is right!! You dont take shit off of terrorist you fucking kill them all and let alla sort em out.
MALDITO CHÁVEZ DE MIERDAAA! I HATE HIM!
He wants to put everyone against Colombia & USA 'cuz he's a dick head! Y AHORA NOS QUIERE ENGUERRILLAR A NOSOTROS! I HATE HIM SO MUCH. I'm Venezuelan and I wish he dies SOON… I don't know… I WANT HIM DEAD! I HATE HIM FOR ALL THE SHIT HE HAS BROUGHT TO MY COUNTRY.
All my respect for Uribe. Él sí que es un SEÑOR.
I just hope that the US doesn't get involved. Their troops have enough on thier plate with the Iraq war. Knowing Bush though if there is something in it for him he will stick his nose in it. Thank God for election day approaching!
I support Colombia a 200% chavez needs to get over himself!!
Uribe is the biggest drug baron and paramilitar there is !!!!! you morons just follow everything the media says and seem to forget that the paramilitares are supported by president Uribe and he's trying to make them legal and forgive them for all the terrible things they have done just like the guerrillas !!! stop being fools and believing all the lies that the media feed you !!!!!
chavez is the next hitler. wants to get hold of everything"!!! he is pro las FARC!! like who in their right mind would be!!!! idiot
It's "hijos DE puta," you ignorant fucks, not "hijues puta." Learn to spell in the language you CLAIM is yours. And perhaps you should read about what's really going on down there, how the FARC is more like the IRA than Al Qaida. They want FREEDOM from an oppressor, in this case, instead of Britain, it’s The USA. Learn your facts before spewing shit out of your fingers and your mouths.
Re: Ava – Actually I'd be worried of Obama becomes President. He doesn't have any idea who these people are non the less know who the players are in Bosnia and Serbia. I'd like for the next debate to be like a Jeopardy game between all the candidates including McCain. Obama would have great difficulty even naming the foreign leaders. Chavez would love Obama to win, because our National Security would be comprimised. Putting us at great risk. Obama as President would be fearful to all Americans abroad. We would be looked at as idiots for electing someone with zero foreign policy in a time of war…Voters in Rhode Island, Texas and Ohio, buyer beware, NAFTA would include Chavez and his militants under Obama. Remember what he told the Canadians last night compared to what he said to voters in Ohio.. an expansion of NAFTA… strange bedfellows for Obama..
i'm mexican but i support COLOMBIA 100%!!!!
Perez, the conflict is because Venezuela and Ecuador have connections with FARC. Colombia has been fighting this group of terrorists for a long time, and it's just not fair that Venezuela and Ecuador made pacts with this group.
Venezuela sent 100 millions to FARC for support, FARC gave venezuela hostages in order to give this country more support and a better image in front of other countries.
There is a lot of drama, but I have the proves to say that Colombia is the one that is right.
COLOMBIA IS THE BEST COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA!!!!!!AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD PRESIDENT!!!!CHAVEZ IS AN @#$%!!
Re: Elisabeth – Bull. How many people are alive because of US policies? Not only do we take down murdering dictators, we feed and provide medicine and care to you ingrates. Personally, I don't want the the world's respect. I prefer that you fear us.
uribe is a good president!!!!
I SUPPORT COLOMBIA!!!!
The US will defend Colombia if needed for multiple reasons. One, where will we get our cocaine? Two, any reason to get into a scuffle with Chavez to get control of natural gas and oil resources. We do not go into war for 'humanitarian' reasons and all you fools that think the US "should do" something are also the ones who don't pay taxes for all that shit- the US should adhere to the Monroe Doctrine and keep our money here. We give billions of dollars to other countries every year, and our flag still gets burned. I say the US takes a year off from foreign aide and war. The world will stop without their fucking Mcdonalds, Nikes, TV, and trade, maybe they will stop burning our flags then. We are not a democratic nation; we are capitalist imperialists that softly infiltrate with language and branding. Chavez do what you want- because ultimately we will get rid of you - we have already tried twice-
and who do you think orchestrated the evil Saddam into power? Look that up too.
I still would rather live here than in Paris. McDonalds and baguettes…mmm
Plan Colombia works because Uribe is AWESOME! I just got back from a **dreamy*** month in beautiful Colombia, so fabulous and friendly, the ruins in St Augustin, cosmopolitan Bogota, those beaches up past exquisite Cartagena. Best vacation bargain on the Caribbean. And it's safe! Why? Because Uribe works his little butt off. Why is that loon Chavez even bitching about something that happened in Ecuador? I thought Correa said he would be master in his house, not Chavez, during the elections. Well, now we know the truth. Chavez and Correa are want a lot of innocent people to die for no reason except their eternal glory as "liberators," just like FARC did. I hope Correa chokes on Chavez cock and they get compromising pictures on Perez!
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Team Uribe!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
a dick
Chavez es un malparido!!! Did I say it right?? Alrighty. Look Chavez is a renegade- un idiota. As much as he hates on the U.S he's as big of a fool as Bush. Venezuelan's are wonderful people who are being misled. It boggles my mind that these countries (Venezuela, Equador ect) support the FARC (terrorists- hello!!). Venezuela has become another Libya. Uribe has had the balls to stand up to FARC and I respect that. Colombia has been troubled with this mess for far too long. Can you imagine living in constant fear of kidnappings and bombings?? I give props to all the Colombians out there for staying positive (and for giving the world gabriel garcia marquez, shakira, and some kick ass food (I live near a colombian bakery-holy cow all gringos should be introduced to bunelos??sp).
Chavez es la peor q le ha podido pasar a Venezuela. Yo como venezolana solo puedo desear q lo saquen del poder de cualquier manera. El solo quiere poder, y comprar todos los paises LatinoAmericanos con petrolio o cualquier recurso, y q terminemos en una dictadura como Cuba. Un buen presidente no busca guerra busca paz y progreso! Cuba una emigrate cubana me conto q los hombre y las mujeres se acuestan con cualquiera por un pollo..! Yo quiero q la gente de mi pais termine asi..!
ABAJO CON CHAVEZ….!!!! M"§$ F"§$%&/
There is so much ignorance in the US that its scary.
A)Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia don´t make up SouthAmerica..there are OTHER countries in S.America as well..not all of them have these crazy presidents.
B)To say that South America should be blown up along with Central America juts demonstrates how ignorant some Americans are–and they reflect Bush´s mentality that Americans supposedly hate. Without South America and Central America, the US wouldnt have many valuable imported goods and they wouldn´t have anyone to exploit and do their minimum wage jobs for them..which is obviously wrong of Americans to do anyhow.
C)You cant have intelligent and informed opinions based on what you only read on a celebrity blog..try reading OTHER sources online..not all American.
D)Most of the people here that claim to be south american aren´t really..they too are ignorant people with an american mentality that live in the US or have done so for years and they have improper spanish or spanglish and are trying to be cool and say that they´re south american just cuz this is going on..maybe they were born in south america and lived there for a few years but in reality that doesnt make you south american…especially if you dont live here–you are americanized and have that mentality..try learning proper spanish first before leaving idiotic comments with bad spanish grammar–gringos inbeciles.
this world so fucked up… im moving to the moon… or at least switzerland…
Chavez come mierda!!!
ohhh poor guerrileros!! they dead while they were wearing their pijamas! next time we will send you an invitation letter to kill you as well as you do when you kidnape ppl!!!!!
Re: JESS-ECUA – tenia q ser una tira flecha HP!!! if you guys had the same Situation as colombia im sure ur stupid atrasados tira flechas country would have done the same!!!
People who supposedly know spanish, Ecuador is not spelled with a q.
Assholes what you're spelling is Equator which is the fucking line that passes through the middle of the earth.
Re: Ojos Negros – guevon, marica, no hable mierda que uste ni es colombiano. vaya a vivir a colombia para ver como es. deje de ser un hijo de puta malparido! lo que iso URIBE ESTA BIEN, i will fucking support him. fucking learn your mother fucking facts. do you need lessions you dumb fuck. you think it's ok to kill people for fucking drugs and money. do you…..you should die too you dumb fuck!
the headlines should read something in the lines of "Venezuela wants to fight every country if possible" I don't think my country, Peru, won't even take a look at this idiot's threats. He is just making a hill out of a mole, Venezuela isn't even involved in this whole fiasco, the issue lies between Colombia and Ecuador. Chavez supports Ecuador's president, who is only one step away from becoming a communist, the reason for Chavez' defense for Ecuador and rebellion against the Colombian government.
Why can't everything in my home-country be alright?
This is horrible. South American countries have enjoyed peace and friendship among themselves for many years. Specially between Ecuador and Colombia. Let's hope for an immediate resolution. And as per Chavez; his madness is causing so much pain to his country hopefully the Ecuadorian president not follow in his foot steps.
Thanks for putthing this up. I think it's very important for people to be aware of other situations across the world. I think Chavez is the devil, and God save Latin America from him andall other Leftist presidents that seem to be plaguing all of these beautiful Latin American countries. For years, my family has said, these rebels are not in colombia adn that is why they are so successful … and i am so happy that it's come to light. Colombia is a beautiful country and could be such a great, progressive country if it weren't for the idiots of the FARC and dummies like Chavez. That man scares me and he should scare everyother normal human being.
Re: SoPredictable –
hey sopredictable - why don't you bend over and remove your head out of your ass you fucking jackoff
FARC ain't "Marxist rebels", they're TERRORISTS, just like Chavez….. FUCK THEM!!!
This crazy Chavez is even worse than Saddam Hussein! And he´s giving money to these terrorist and that Raul Reyes thank god is very dead! And that fucking Obama is planning on talking to these guys! Fuck all those commies bastards
AS A VENEZUELAN CITIZEN, I'DE LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE ELSE ON COMMENTING OVER SUCH A DELICATE MATTER. I'M AFRAID THAT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE REALLY GOING TO PAY FOR CHAVE'Z DESITIONS ARE MY VENEZUELAN FELLOWS. I'M SO SAD TO SEE THAT MY COUNTRY, A LAND THAT HAS IT ALL TO BE ONE OF THE"FIRST POTENCE IN THE WORLD" : OPEP COUNTRY; ALL KINDS OF LANDSCAPES & NATURAL RESOURCES, MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD, ETC, ETC,ETC; IT'S BEING BAD ADMINISTRATED FOR THIS FUCKING SELFISH ASSHOLE, WHO'S ONLY THINKING ABOUT HOW IS HE GOING TO CAUSE CONMOTION IN THE WORLD THANKS TO HIS DISGGUSTING TONGUE. HE'S NOT GONNA STOP, US VENEZUELAN ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO; NOBODY ELSE. AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH VENEZUELANS ARE UNDER SUCH A HORRIBLE PRESSURE, ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WERE POLLED BY THE RECORD GUINNESS 2008 & VENEZUELA CAME OUT TO HAVE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU THINK A LOT.
i think this is a war and venezuela have better chances, i live in colombia, and i prefer venezuela cause uribe is a mother f$@*&#, he is the one that started all of this, because he doesn't care about people, he just want to make money as a paramilitar, he is a terrorist too.
Re: Blow it to bits! –
wow very mature…seriously, do you think that immigration has something to do with this? grow up or read the news idiot…besides, like it or not you US people need us…and you know it.
Re: JESS-ECUA – Sos tan ignorante, se nota que no tenez ni idea de lo que pasa en estos paises, comprobado gobierno de ECUADOR(CORREA) protector de TERRORISTAS iguales o peores que OSAMA BIN LADEN y CHAVEZ da 300 millones a estos terroristas, que no les importa matar niños, mujeres y hombres indefensos. Si leyeras un poco mas tendrias conectado la cabeza con la boca y no la cabeza conectada con el CULO para hablar tanta Mier….. VIVA COLOMBIA!
Re: xoxo – Por que no te callas si no sabes que es lo que pasa, Chavez es "tan bueno" que esta dejando morir de hambre su propio pueblo! ignorante
I've lost total respect for Kevin Spacey. Does he not realize he's embarrassing and humiliating the people of this country by admiring Chavez???
Perez you try to sound like you have a clue but you are just an ALARMIST FAT PUBLICITY LOVING QUEEN - Castro still dead?? or dead again??? or never existed??
i Libertad para Ingrid Bétancourt !
Freedom for Ingrid Bétancourt!
Liberté pour Ingrid Bétancourt!
She is currently dying, international community needs to get her out!
#20 Dana - Are you arguing for the Palestinians or the Israelis? I am confused. You are talking about the fact that no one knows what it is like to be constantly under attack. So I assume you mean the attacks the unarmed Palestinian refugees suffer at the hands of Israel (with their armoured tanks in refugee camps, F-16 bombing civilians, and caterpillars demolishing Palestinian homes).
Or maybe you are talking about the 60 years of unjust violent occupation by Israel of land that does not belong to them, according to the U.N.
Or maybe you mean the theft of Palestinian lands, and the exiling and killing of the occupants of the land for "God's chosen people". As if God plays favourites. Oh and God is a real estate agent now too.
And who exactly "reprimands" Israel? The US? Was it when Bush called Sharon a "man of peace" even though he had masterminded the slaughter of innocent civilians at Sabra and Shatila?
Maybe by "reprimand" you mean the many many UN resolutions that Israel is allowed to continue to disregard? Those being the ones that they couldn't get their "allies in evil", the US to not veto for them.
You are right, it does suck, that anyone would classify those kinds of acts as "self-defense".
Re: jillian lopez – ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZYYY u do your research bitch!!! first of all the only ones that are drug dealers are the FARC u stupid whoe!! The Farc are, apart from killing people, displacing land owners to plant their coke, they kidnap!! and FYI URIBE IS NOT A PARAMILITAR!!! and even if he had to come down to my freakin bathroom to kill the son of a bitch who is responsible for the death of thousands of people, including people fro Ecuador, than so be it! An by the way, when Uribe found out about Raul Reyes' death he called Evo Morales and told him, and he seemed fine. It was after Chavez brainwashed him that he was against it!!! So bitch the next time you wanna fuck up with our president have ur sources straight u ignorant braindead bitch!!!
Re: Blow it to bits! –
wow…could you be any more ignorant and stupid??
Re: Brent –
Fuck you
Re: SoPredictable –
The U.S has already sided with Colombia as President Uribe is a key ally..Venezuela has the oil pretty sure theyre not going to help Venezuela turn south america into communism..btw im really glad they killed that motherfucker hopefully they'll be able to kill all the other fucking terrorists..Colombia is a beautiful country with a lot of potential Uribe is one of the best things to happen he has helped a lot..after the last time i visited it seemed so much safer..keep it up i support him and the rest of my people 100%
You drew the cock in the wrong mouth Perez
Venezuela and Colombia aren't "south America" idiot. they are just two countries. many other SA countries are perfectly stable and don´t have any kind of war in sight.
I LOVE URIBE!
I HOPE COLOMBIA KILL CHAVEZ TO
They better not go to war! I'm supposed to go to Ecaudor this summer for 25 days.
Well……. here is the REAL story: Venezuela and Ecuador's governments are PETRIFIED because FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH COUNTRIES have supported the terrorist groups in Colombia. Their concern is the information contained in the computers that belonged to the #2 of FARC. OF course they have to CREATE big drama because NOW there is no way to deny their cooperation with FARC!!!!!! Yes , Colombia made a mistake by entering Ecuador's territory, but if they hadn't we would had never have any PROOF!
Odio a chavez HP!!! Ignorante maton guerrillero maldito que se pudra!
Vete a la mierda chavez
vete de venezuela
mono de mierda
Chavez want war because he wants control of Latin American. He is buying Argentina, Ecuador and few other countries, he is giving them them oil and money so they will be their slave. This idiot want total control because he think he is Bolivar. Delusional and dangerous. A fucking Castro wannabe that is bringing his country to pieces and despair.
WTF THAT IS THE MOST IGNORANT ASS THING IVE EVER HEARD…just because hes bush's enemy does NOT make him your friend, read some fucking world news you Jackass…learn the facts. He just rips on Bush because he's an easy target, so he can keep on inspiring the ignorant masses in venezuela and distract them from the fact that his power is diminishing and his presidency has royally FUCKED venezuela. The oil is gonna run out and the money is gonna be gone, and the poor people he said he was gonna help which are now worse off than before are gonna be even more fucked. A todos los Colombianos leyendo esto..coño que pena chavez es una desgracia..
Don't believe all the media propaganda that Chavez is a bad dude. Kevin Spacey is a god and knows the truth which all should follow. Fuck Bush and the capitalist-selfish US.
Perez, your re-posting of this article and continued attempts to bash left-wing Latin American leaders reflects a serious lack of knowledge re: foreign policy.
For one, President Alvaro Uribe and his government have arguably one of the worst human rights records in the western hemisphere. FARC may not be a model organization, but Uribe's government is just as guilty of mass kidnapping, killing, and torturing of civilians. They are a US ally b/c they help the U.S. maintain hegemony in an area where we have significant oil interests that we do not want nationalized out of U.S. control.
I think the United States is very hesitant to get involved because Chavez has not been a real threat so far. He periodically threatens to cut off our oil, but in all honesty, we are lining his pockets with money by purchasing that oil. I think it would be stupid of him to do that. From the beginning, I wondered what Chavez had to do with the Farc, but now I realize that he has probably been supporting them this whole time. I do think that once there is military movilization, there is cause for concern, because apparently Chavez has a huge fascination with military force. At this point, I think the United States should step in and crush him, LOL! I'm sorry but I think that a Communist way of life is horrendous! I love freedom.
firstly, the biggest part of people wich is always blaming chavez about everything is the mid-class. But what do they see? Only channels with information against chavez. They dont see the other part of story. They Just say: chavez leave away! u donkey! but believe it or not, he is the best Preseident that Venezuela has ever had in the history.He is a Nationalist Who gave us a brand New venezuelan Pride! and the chance to express what we want. I recomend to u guys check out the other part of the story and u´ll make a better diagnostic about venezuela´s context. God Bless Mr. Chavez !
dude obama can do nothing…i live down here in Ecuador if u haven't notice the US is helping the government of of Colombia…where do u think they took the radars from? just because the CIA are not allowed to kill, they give money for other ppl to kill…just like it happened to Che….o and by the way we are also having a major floding…well not in my city but in the coast….poor ppl….they only killed like 20 ppl there in the borders but millions are without homes and dying and no one notices because it doesn't involve chavez. GRINGOS STUPIDOS! and also for the ppl below that says "who cares" we are the countries that give u OIL! ok?! so if venezuela doesn't like u…..screwed—trust me—theres no reservours of oil in alaska….its bull…
Re: Blow it to bits! –
COME MIERDO ESTUPIDO!
Why don't we blow u up?
I'll bet all that comes out is shit?
WAR IS ON IDIOTS!
ARRIBA ECUADORR! KRAJOO!
Chavez' bravado is problematic, however, more problematic is the current state of most of Latin America, which is ripe for his rhetorical manipulation. His power and popularity are growing, and the people who are suffering most are the Venezuelans. Sooner or later, the oil will run out; a massive brain drain is already occurring, and inevitably the more than 70% of people living in poverty will be left with nothing. The US and the EU need to face him and make him play by world rules. Castro's imminent death should play an interesting role in the current liberalization of South America.
im venezuelan but i live in texas
i HATE fuckin chavez
he has destroyed venezuela
and the worst part is that most people arent educated so they have no idea about wats goin on
i would hate to see venezuela go to war w/colombia but if thats necessary to get chavez out of power the we have to do wat we have to do
I hope that chavez, correa, morales, castro and the farc leaders will all suffer a painful death ASAP!!!! Fuck the chavista movement and long live Uribe!!!
just want to make it clear that the people of venezuela DO NOT support chavez and his stupidity. we DO NOT want to go towar wit anyone. in fact chavez' popularity is at his LOWEST EVER (last year losing an extremely important election to change the constitution)….this is all INSANEEEEE
Re: Srta. Colombia USA –
soy ecuatoriano y sabes no hay excusa de q hayan entrado a nuestro territorio ninguna nada de enemigos o amigos de bush los gringos no tienen nada q ver en esto simplemente indigna la forma en la q toman nuestra soberania de forma tan vaga, creeme si nosotros hubieramos hecho lo mismo usds. estuvieran estayando y talvez harian mas problema q lamentable q Colombia un pais hermano haya reaccionado de esa manera de no respetar nada…HUgo Chavez no es mas q un metiche el no tiene nada q ver en la colada…yo creo q el busca una excusa para atacar a Colombia pero aun asi Colombia no hizo bien al no pedir permiso y entrar como si nada a nuestro pais
All those out there from Ecuador who hate colombia… May I remind you that colombia is the current Energy provider for over 60% of your country's total energy, meaning that if colombia decided to stop any of this energy from getting there, in about, i dont know, five days, Ecuador would have serious economic problems and basically ruined. SO SHUT UP! An for all those chavez lovers who think uribe has one of the worst human rights records, i just checked that, and it is completelly FALSE. I've lived my whole life in Colombia and there is not a day that goes by that i dont see the change he has made for our beautiful country!! So next time you want to bitch about colombia's presidential choices, look at what he has acheived… So think and check your sourced bitches
CUBAZUELA!!! FUCK CHAVEZ
Screw South America!!! Let Columbia and the coca leaf chewer blow each others brains out!!
No Matter what Kevin is trying, he still is a creepy pedophile who has been banned by the majors in Hollywood.
That is unforgivable….
Gracias Perezito por tu comentario, todos los q queremos Venezuela sabemos q tenemos un mono cavernicola por presidente… esto no llegara muy lejos y si llega sera para el bien de los hermanos colombianos q han sifrido mucho con estos guerrilleros narcotraficantes. FUERA CHAVEZ!!!!!!!!…..
Chaves es un bocon que lo unico que hace es mentir a su propia Gente un terrorista que habria que meterlo a la carcel ignorante cobarde el sobrenombre de gerrillero le queda demasiado grande. Manipula su pueblo como lo hizo Castro en cuba .
QUE VIVA CHAVEZ!!!! … FINALLY SOMEONE THAT OPPOSES U.S. DOMINATION!!! LONG LIVE CHAVEZ!!! YAAAAAYYYY!!! WE NEED MORE PRESIDENTS LIKE HIM!!!
Hugo Chavez needs to STOP commenting on Colombian policy. Perez, please do not depict the FARC as "revolutionary/marxist" forces. THey are TERRORISTS. They kill innocent people, kidnapp, manipulate, damage the country, seizes lands, commits atrocities daily, and then say that they are acting against the president. That's bullshit!. FARC stopped being a revolutionary force 30 years ago, they are now druglords protecting the organized crime by terrorizing a beautiful country like Colombia.
Please responsibly do your part to INFORM people of the truth.
YOU Americans are really stupid … you are well known for being idiots (around the world)! with all the stupid war , the oil, the subprime mortgage crisis … I am talking to the regular American, are you EVER gonna wake up??? ARE YOU EVER GONNA WAKE UP???? YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF SO MANY DEATHS AND SO MUCH SUFFERING AROUND THE WORLD.
SHAME ON YOU!
Re: JESS-ECUA – Re: JESS-ECUA – Re: JESS-ECUA –
Where the fuck do you live? I live in Colombia and let me tell you , we are thrilled that that motherfucker got killed. He was just as bad as Hitler. The kidnaped persons are treated like animals. Chavez is a fucking pyscho.
Jess-acua, when thousand of people from your country get kidnapped, tortured and murdered by this terrorist group, then you'll see Chaves is a son of a bith. Muerte al tirano, Piedad Cordova si queres tanto a Venezuela vete para alla perra hijueputa. Chaves y Correa son Guerrilleros
WHO DOES CHAVEZ THINK HE IS? WHO? WHO!?
Re: nokillnobeepbeep –
Wait a minute YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE. If you are not Hispanic GET OUT OF THIS FORUM. This is a World news. YOU ARE THE IGNORANT. This is a news. What world news?? This is a world news. brainless, you don't even know why you speak English.
Finally Colombia have found reasons why this stupid war never ends; why so much pain and suffer; It's very obvious that this is really a deep problem with deep roots; roots that tresspass other countries' lands. Poor my country. God bless Colombia
OBAMA WAS FOUND IN RAUL'S COMPUTER, HE TOO IS A TERRORIST AND CHAVISTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
man i hate this situation…. las FARC r assholes that been fuggin Colombia up for sooooo long and than Chavez comes wit all this sh!t……man i dunn lyk CHAVEZ….he should just leave us (Colombians) alone….we never ask for his help…. he is just a guerrillero thats why he loves those assholes soo much. QUE VIVA COLOMBIA -> LatIna 4 Eva
Tenemos que sacar a Chavez de Venezuela!!! Como es posible de que comprometa las seguridad de los Venezolanos por sus caprichos y loqueras. Fuera a Chavez.
Re: Blow it to bits! –
I hope that shithole full of garbage you live in will be destroyed by a bomb. No one in the wolrd will miss these guys
Re: houskat –
I really hope your country will blow in millions of pieces by a bomb
Re: Brent –
And you're scum bag…such a waste of air and space. Go hang yourself and do the world a favor you ignorant white trash
Re: Lee –
You're right
it's just sad to hear those pathetic explanation by the head of police of colombians…they just attacked in Ecuador land and they want us to belive that was ok to invade and massacre people in a foreign territory thats just unacceptable……the deal to liberate Mrs Betancourt was about to be done…..not now…thnx to you stupid murderer Colombians
Re: Duke Steele –
It's Colombia, you ignorant, brainless fuck. I hope you die of a od of coke. No one will remember you
Re: andrea – tiraflechas…si y a tu culo colobiana cokera mal parida …tengo mucho afecto por colombianos pero tu si te pasaste de pendeja!!!
Hey! im from Venezuela and i HATE chavez, he is a terrorist, and all the venezuelans, well, the most part, think that he is soo stupid! we are soo shamed about this…sorry colombia! please can some one kill him??? this will bring peace in our country!
Re: Srta. Colombia USA –
Perdoname Srta. Estupida, How dumb are you for saying that Venezuela and my Ecuador are trying to put everyone against your corrupted, drug populated country? You [Columbia] invaded us [Ecuador]! Que tipico que ustedes Colombianos se creen que son los mejores del mundo, cuando en verdadero son imbeciles. Why don't you close your mouth and see who is really right in the situation. Columbia is on its knees for the USA, excuse the rest of us for not wanting to be influenced and coerced into following every word the US says. Also, Chavez is one of the smartest men. What he is doing is trying to end the corruption in Latin America by taking back what the rich and upper class have taken away from everyone else. So those of you who hate him, really need to ask yourselves why. Is it bcause your probably the rich ones who contribute to the problem?
fuckin chavez!! i wanna kick that guys ass hes sooo fuckinn stupiddd he says usa is a empire .. but look at what he does w. fuckin venezuela!!! theres inflation of 18% .. nobody has anything to eat .. he fuckin hand picks the mayors .. omg they shoul just nuke his fuckin house
Perez, Quiero a tu blog demasiado, lo encuentro bakan, pero debo decir, que cuando se trata de asuntos politicos, por favor, trata de mantener una postura neutral. Cuando dices "Sud America al punto de guerra" da la impresion que todos los paises estan en eso. Yo soy de Chile y no tengo tiempo para siempre ver las noticias de Chile ni tampoco los de EEUU donde estoy (sabemos que las noticias son para ganar atencion y no informar lo que esta realmente pasando, por eso cuando escucho noticias solo pongo el NPR). Entiendo que Hugo Chavez ha hecho cosas nada que ver y estoy de acuerdo, pero tenemos que entender porque. Pinochet era un dictador como estos, pero que mato a un monton de gente inocente asi que por favor, considera estos lados porque todos tenemos una opinion distinta (y hay gente que tiene una opinion muy distinta de lo que pienso de Pinochet) asi que en esta instancia, como latino, te pido que intentes de informar y no juzgar y solo informar. Tu como informante lo debes al pueblo informar y no solo opinar. Tu sabes mejor que nadie porque eres una persona inteligente!! No pienses que creo que lo que haces con las celebridades esta mal (porque gozo de eso), pero cuando se trata de politico tienes que tener otra forma de ser. Es un asunto muy distinto. Es la opinion de lo que nuestro mundo pienso y como votan. Entiendo que quieres influir de alguna forma pero hay formas de hacerlo. Siempre te respetare.
Re: nokillnobeepbeep – Agreed! The policies of the US for decades have made the lives miserable to most people in South America. If you don't believe what I am writing then look it up yourself, do some research. "Support of the US" really means support of US corporations and the World Bank which have kept the tiny elite fabulously wealthy while the vast majority of the people live in abject poverty. This is the real reason for all of the instability. When people are so desperate that they cannot feed their children, they turn to extremists! The Bolivia water riots? Not mainstream news in this country, but if you look it up, it is a great example of why South America has been so screwed over by our country.
oh great. here go gas prices to over 10 dollars.
Re: nokillnobeepbeep –
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Chavez is a dangerous, evil asshole. Get rid of this guy quickly before he does massive, massive damage to Latin America. To ignorant fucks like Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Jon Stewart, Naomi Campbell and other mariposons who cosy up to this pendejo and his puto friend Evo Morales, I hope you all live to see the destruction these fucks are gonna create. Arseholes.
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Dios!!! alguien le puede decir a ese pendejo que no queremos guerra, lo que queremos es que se vaya y deje a los venezolanos en paz!!!
Re: Ecuadorian in America – first, learn how to spell COLOMBIA you fuck, I'm surprised that you could even spell Ecuador. you have nothing interesting to say. you're just like Chave, only your a fucking Quie eating indian that doesn't know shit. We are better then you we are more civilized then ecuador. your fucking president did shady business with LAS FARC and now it's blowing up in his face. Second, don't talk shit if you have not lived there. all you know what to do is eat ginny pigs you dirty bitches! read some world news you ass…..