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Red Venezuela Establishing Beach Head in U.S. Territory?
NotiUno 680 AM (Puerto Rico) via Free Republic | 2/15/2006 | cll

Posted on 02/15/2006 4:15:40 PM PST by cll

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (USA) - Venezuelan exile groups in this U.S. territory accuse Hugo Chavez of interfering with the internal affairs of the United States by expanding his "Bolivarian Circles" to U.S. shores.

At the popular local talk show "En La Mirilla" (In The Cross Hairs), Venezuelan exile leaders exposed the attempts of the Chavez "Bolivarian Revolution" to stir revolt in this U.S. Commonwealth. The accusations coincide with the visit of Venezuelan Minister Luis Tascón to the island. Tascón, infamous for publishing lists of opposition members in Venezuela by using electoral lists, is in Puerto Rico to meet with local pro-independence leaders.

The Venezuelan government has made its official policy to support independence for Puerto Rico. The United States annexed Puerto Rico after expelling the Spanish Crown during the Spanish-American War of 1898. Puerto Ricans have been American citizens since 1917. In 1952 Puerto Rico adopted a constitution like that of the 50 states and is self-governing in local matters. Under the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and the Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Congress maintains sovereignity over the islands. Voters in Puerto Rico are about evenly split on the issue of becoming a full-fledged U.S. state or maintaining the status quo. Support for the only registered pro-indepence political party numbers at less than three percent, according to the last general election in 2004.

The Venezuelan exile leaders are warning that Hugo Chavez is trying to further become a "thorn on the side of the United States" by providing support to fringe causes in the U.S. like the anti-war-on-terror movement and Puerto Rico independence. They further called attention to Chavez' next appointment as Venezuelan Consul to Puerto Rico of a retired military officer, "Chavizta crony", and "intelligence officer" [the name escapes me], as someone who will direct the Chavez regime's "military activities" in this U.S. territory.

Territorial Senator Luis D. Muñiz called in to the show to announce that he will demand a Puerto Rico Senate investigation into Venezuela's meddling in the internal affairs of the United States.

San Juan attorney Luis Dávila Colón hosts the "En La Mirilla" radio talk show.


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To: 4Freedom
Aye, Bendito!

If you're going to carry on with your anti-PR campaign, the least you can do is to get it right.

It's: "Hay, bendito!".
21 posted on 02/15/2006 5:31:56 PM PST by adorno
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To: cll
Bendición,

Dios melo...

22 posted on 02/15/2006 5:35:18 PM PST by JRios1968 (I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than take a ride with Ted Kennedy)
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To: Clemenza
and Weston will become a greater place if they serve
"Pabellon con Frijole Negro y Plantain" as good as mi Espousa..sadly, never hatchee GI no matter how they try...
and then there's her "Hamon de Pan"...
Give it up Hugo and go to...Sorry, no one wants you..Your Mother's Mistake and Father's Shame...
23 posted on 02/15/2006 5:45:41 PM PST by Gunny P (Gunny P)
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To: cll
"The Wikipedia article says their "leader" was "murdered". Wrong. He was at the losing end of a gun battle with the FBI. Good shooting and good riddance, I say."

Do you have the data? I'll fix the article if you'd like.
24 posted on 02/15/2006 6:16:21 PM PST by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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To: cll; Tailgunner Joe; Stellar Dendrite; Kitten Festival

PING


25 posted on 02/15/2006 8:54:23 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: adorno
You need to get it right.

It's an anti-ripoff of the U.S. Taxpayers by the 4 million ingrates on Puerto Rico, bleeding us dry to pay for their failed Socialist programs, campaign.

Ai, yi, yi, Banditos!

LOL!

26 posted on 02/16/2006 4:02:03 AM PST by 4Freedom (America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity'. It's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
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To: GAB-1955

The FBI San Juan field office received a tip on the whereabouts of Ojeda. They surrounded the house he was in and crashed a G car through the home's wrought iron gate. Ojeda came out of the house and started firing a pistol as the agents were rushing the home, wounding one FBI agent in the gut. The agents fired back. Ojeda then said that he would surrender to a journalist. The FBI didn't accede. Ojeda lets his wife out of the house. Another gunfire exchange ensues. Ojeda is wounded through the collar bone but this is not clear to the agents at the time. The San Juan SAIC calls FBI HQ in D.C. as required because of the wounded agent. He's told to stand fast and not go into the home until a Hostage Rescue Team arrives from the mainland. The HRT arrived overnight, did a tactical entry early the following morning and found Ojeda dead.

The leftists immediately cranked their spin machine, saying that the FBI let the guy die, hence, a "murder".

That's it.


27 posted on 02/16/2006 4:20:16 AM PST by cll
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To: cll
Thank you for that information. If you can help me out by locating source articles for this, I can make sure the Wikipedia article has more of a neutral point of view. With minor editing to bring everything into the past tense instead of the present historical tense plus a few other things, that account is the Wikipedia now.
28 posted on 02/16/2006 7:52:43 AM PST by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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To: GAB-1955

No problem. I'll look for some tonight.

Thank you for your interest and help.


29 posted on 02/16/2006 8:19:25 AM PST by cll
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To: cll

Oddly, I was in Miami last night meeting with Cuban-born financiers. We discussed the politics of the basin and this same thought occured to me.


30 posted on 02/16/2006 11:21:12 AM PST by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: wtc911

"Bolivarian Circles" are also popping up in the mainland. A communist with money is a dangerous thing.

Regards,

cll


31 posted on 02/16/2006 11:29:19 AM PST by cll
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To: cll
Hugo Chávez praising the memory of dead fugitive and FALN founder, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

Super-Macho Chávez receiving the attentions of the widow of said dead terrorist and from (urk!) our very own, Cindy Sheehan.


32 posted on 02/16/2006 1:46:08 PM PST by Teófilo (Visit Vivificat! - http://www.vivificat.org - A Catholic Blog of News, Commentary and Opinion)
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To: GAB-1955

Looks like Google and Yahoo have bumped the story into oblivion. Here's the official FBI press release:

http://sanjuan.fbi.gov/pressrel/2005/sj092405.htm


33 posted on 02/17/2006 4:29:54 AM PST by cll
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To: cll

Well, at least they aren't in charge of our ports. We have the UAE for that.


34 posted on 02/17/2006 4:31:37 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Join the FR folding team!! http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120)
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To: cll

I think there are Bolivarian circles in, among other places, Miami and Chicago. They are considered to be spy rings for monitoring and threatening Venezuelans who have fled to the US, and of course also contain a significant number of non-VZ (in fact, non-Hispanic) American lefties who are just dying to be part of their neighborhood Brownshirts.


35 posted on 02/17/2006 4:32:35 AM PST by livius
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To: ovrtaxt
I'll make sure Coast Guard knows that the UAE is in charge of the ports; the Captains of the Port seem to think they're in charge.

As we've noted in previous posts, this is ownership of the exchange that coordinates shipping in and out of ports, such as the Baltimore Merchant Exchange, not the ownership of the ports or terminals themselves. Dundalk and Sparrows Point aren't being turned over to foreign ownership, and the inspection of any incoming ships under Port Security Control is being done by the Coast Guard. The details of these operations are not for public discussion, but you can gather the general gist from Coast Guard press releases and stories in the local shipping press.

To change the subject: for a second, I almost type that the UAW owned the ports. That horrified me even more than the idea that allied states owned the port.
36 posted on 02/17/2006 7:22:17 AM PST by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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To: livius

Chavez wants to rule all of Latin America, just as his hero Simon Bolivar wanted to.


37 posted on 02/17/2006 7:24:14 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Teófilo

My god he's getting fat!


38 posted on 02/24/2006 10:48:20 PM PST by Kitten Festival (The thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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To: livius

They are active in Washington, Utah, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, NY and I think plenty of other places. Very bad news, the state department called them 'castro's rolodex.'


39 posted on 02/24/2006 10:49:50 PM PST by Kitten Festival (The thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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