Venezuela's Río Claro massacre: Paramilitary/FARC-like activities in Lara state

The local news this week was not very pleasant. Barely one hour of San Felipe, in the cool mountains that serve of backdrop to Barquisimeto, we had a peasant massacre. I learned of that because one of my colleagues lives there and the worker at one of her neighbors was one of the victims.

Peasant massacres have never occurred in Venezuela until now. The author points out that alone among guerrilla movements, Venezuela's guerrillas are the only ones who actually support the government. This goes beyond what even Gabriel Garcia Marquez could imagine.

The talk among the Venezuelans is that the Colombian guerrillas have actually hired some ex-VC to teach them new brutality techniques. They're there. It's creepy as hell to think about.

From NewsMax: 1. Chavez Already 'Disappearing' Opponents

A pro-American Brazilian with high-level government contacts throughout Latin America warns that after Mexico's upcoming elections, the pro-Castro (anti-American) left will almost completely dominate the region.

Our source regularly advised the late Constantine Menges, the former Reagan National Security Council adviser, on matters relating to Latin America.

Source tells us that Marxist Hugo Chavez is already "disappearing" opponents to his regime in the wake of his recent electoral "victory."

"Midlevel people who seriously opposed Chavez are just disappearing," the source said. "They [Chavez and his Cuban advisers] are starting small and testing the waters by kidnapping and killing opponents."

So far, the world is not paying attention, though even the European Union refused to certify Chavez's win because he controlled the very mechanism of the vote count and would not let an independent body count the vote.

No matter. Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center were on hand to declare communist Chavez the legitimate winner.

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