Latin Americans To Protest Hugo Chavez's Meddling In Their Countries

WASHINGTON DC. - Brazilians, Bolivians, Colombians, Cubans, Chileans, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Salvadorian and Venezuelans residing in the United States will protest “against the intervention of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in other countries of the region and against his aggressions against national institutions:”

Robert Carmona-Borjas, president of the Arcadia Center, announced that the protest against the intervention of Hugo Chavez in the internal affairs of Latin American nations would take place Friday October 13, from 10 am. to 12:30 pm. in front of the Organization of American States, OAS. “There, we will protest before the regional organization that appears to be ever more inefficient, decadent and incapable of facing the issues involved. We will ask that the stipulations of the Interamerican Democratic Charter be honored. From a respectful representative democracy we are gravitating towards a dangerous totalitarianism. The crisis unleashed by Venezuela contaminates the whole region. The role of the Secretary General must be redefined and governments must assume their responsibility to promote democracy and values in a clear manner and without hidden agendas”. The protesters denounce “President Chavez modified the Venezuelan Penal Code to intimidate the opposition and uses it as a browbeating political tool”.

“His pretensions of hemispheric hegemony have led Chavez to embark in a policy of expansionism for his dictatorial regime. This threatens Latin American political stability and is causing Venezuela’s ruin. He must be stopped by a joint action of the Latin American Community of nations before is too late”, asserted Gustavo Coronel, spokesperson for the International Venezuelan Council for Democracy (IVCD).

“Thief, irresponsible, demagogue, drunkard, devil, lackey of the empire, servant of the United States” are some of the insults used by the Venezuelan president against some of the Heads of State of the hemisphere. However, if a Venezuelan citizen tries

SUMMARY OF HUGO CHAVEZ’ S INTERVENTION IN THE WESTERN HEMIPHERE

Hugo Chavez has developed during the last years an open intervention in internal affairs of Latin American countries, under the submissive eyes of the Organization of American States and at the cot of billions of dollars that could have been much better utilized by the Venezuelan people in their quest for economic and social improvements.

IN ARGENTINA. Chavez has intervened through the acquisition of up to U.S. $3000 million in Argentinean bonds demanding political loyalty in return. The transactions have served to benefit illegally Venezuelan banks friendly to the revolution.

IN BOLIVIA. This has been the most aggressive intervention Chavez has accomplished in the region. He has converted Evo Morales in his foreman. Chavez was involved in the downfall of President Sanchez de Lozada, financed the electoral campaign of Evo Morales and is now his mentor and military protector. Chavez imposed on Morales the idea of an “ originary” Constituent Assembly, to remake the State according to the Cuban socialist political ideology. Chavez is installing military bases in Bolivia creating tensions with Chile and Peru and has infiltrated the Bolivian state-owned petroleum company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, YPFB.

IN BRAZIL. The intervention of Chavez is done through proposed petroleum joint projects such as the unrealistic Gas Line from Venezuela to Brazil and Argentina. With such promises Chavez has been able to buy Lula’s vote for Venezuela in the United Nations while Brazilian companies obtain the biggest contracts for public works in Venezuela, including the second Orinoco Bridge and the new Metro projects in Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo and Barquisimeto.

IN CHILE. Chavez declared that he “ wanted to bathe in a Bolivian sea”, an issue closely related to Chile’s sovereignty. Venezuelan ambassador Victor Delgado publicly accused Chilean political parties of having conspired against Chavez and of refusing to vote for Venezuela for the seat at the Security Council of the United Nations. The ambassador was asked to leave the country but, inexplicably, the president of Chile seems determined to vote for Venezuela at the United Nations.

IN COLOMBIA. Hugo Chavez is an ally of FARC and has allowed them to establish sanctuaries in Venezuela. FARC leaders have received protection and, even, Venezuelan identity papers, as the case of Rodrigo Granda made clear. Many guns and ammunition for the FARC are coming from Venezuela and Venezuelan territory has become an important component of the drug traffic managed by FARC.

IN ECUADOR. Hugo Chavez promotes the candidacy of Rafael Correa, who has an anti-U.S. line. He tried to refine Ecuadorian crude oil Venezuela and to buy Ecuadorian bonds but he failed in his efforts. His alliance with Correa started at the time of the failed bond transaction.

IN MEXICO. The systematic intervention of Hugo Chavez in Mexican internal affairs made necessary the expulsion of his ambassador Vladimir Villegas. The promotion of the candidacy of Manuel Lopez Obrador represented an additional insult to Mexico. After the victory of Felipe Calderon, Chavez has refused to recognize him as president-elect, claiming “ irregularities” in the electoral process. The insults of Chavez against Fox, calling him a “pet” of the United States, cannot be tolerated within the Interamerican system.

IN NICARAGUA. The Ortega-Chavez connection has been working for years and Ortega I a frequent visitor to Venezuela, where he gets instructions from Chavez. Chavez finances Ortega’s campaign and sends “ sandinista” mayors heavily subsidized Venezuelan hydrocarbons, an act of open intervention and an insult against the central government. He is promoting, together with Ortega, electoral manipulations, with the help of Roberto Rivas, the president of the Nicaragua Electoral Council, an ally of the sandinistas.

IN PERU. Hugo Chavez openly intervened in the Peruvian elections. He invited Ollanta Humala to Venezuela and endorsed him publicly, calling his adversary Alan Garcia a “thief”. He sent president of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, Jorge Rodriguez, to be Humala’s advisor and, even, bodyguard. Chavez retired his ambassador from Peru and has kept insulting Alan Garcia.

IN UNITED STATES. Through a program of subsidized oil to the U.S. “ poor”, Chavez has been able to recruit individuals and some local organizations for his political propaganda schemes. He is trying to influence on regional elections in the U.S. through a Venezuelan company that owns automated voting machines. He maintains a propaganda office in Washington DC at a significant cost per year. He uses CITGO as a political tool.

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