08 March 2008
02 March 2008
Chávez Ordered the Closing of Venezuela's Embassy in Bogotá and Reinforces the Military on the Border with Columbia
This Sunday the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ordered the definitive closure of Venezuela's embasy in Bogotá and reinforced the military on the border with Columbia, after the incursion of Ecuador by Colombian forces during the morning Saturday in a surprise operation which ended in the deaf of Raúl Reyes, commander of the FARC.
"I order the immediate return of all our embassy personal from Bogotá. That our embassy be closed and all of our officials return," said Chávez.
The Venezuelan chief executive reacted considering the possibility that the government of Columbia might violate the sovereignty of Venezuela as it did to Ecuador.
"The minister of Defense is ordered to move 10 battalions to the border with Columbia immediately. battalions of tanks, and air force are to be deployed. We don't want war but we are not going to permit the American imperialists, who are the master and the President of Columbia Álvaro Uribe who is the lapdog, and the oligarchy of Columbia to divide us, to weaken us. Continued Chávez.
Chávez offered all the support necessary to Ecuador in their diplomatic Columbia.
" I am putting Venezuela on alert and will support Ecuador in whatever circumstances," said Chávez.
Ecuador is also closing its embassy in Bogotá according to President Rafael Correa in a public address Saturday night.
He described Columbia's killing of Raúl Reyes as a "cowardly assassination."
Accordingly Venezuela will not attend any meeting in Columbia including the next meeting of Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
He described the death of Reyes at the hands of the Columbian military a cowardly assassination.
"There was no combat. It was a cowardly assassination . . . Totally coldblooded and calculated. The truth will out." He said.
Reyes was "massacred" along with various of his guerrillas sleeping in an improvised camp located two kilometers inside Ecuador by a surprise aerial attack by Columbian, according the President of that country Rafael Correa.
From Telesur
Original Spanish Version
"I order the immediate return of all our embassy personal from Bogotá. That our embassy be closed and all of our officials return," said Chávez.
The Venezuelan chief executive reacted considering the possibility that the government of Columbia might violate the sovereignty of Venezuela as it did to Ecuador.
"The minister of Defense is ordered to move 10 battalions to the border with Columbia immediately. battalions of tanks, and air force are to be deployed. We don't want war but we are not going to permit the American imperialists, who are the master and the President of Columbia Álvaro Uribe who is the lapdog, and the oligarchy of Columbia to divide us, to weaken us. Continued Chávez.
Chávez offered all the support necessary to Ecuador in their diplomatic Columbia.
" I am putting Venezuela on alert and will support Ecuador in whatever circumstances," said Chávez.
Ecuador is also closing its embassy in Bogotá according to President Rafael Correa in a public address Saturday night.
He described Columbia's killing of Raúl Reyes as a "cowardly assassination."
Accordingly Venezuela will not attend any meeting in Columbia including the next meeting of Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
He described the death of Reyes at the hands of the Columbian military a cowardly assassination.
"There was no combat. It was a cowardly assassination . . . Totally coldblooded and calculated. The truth will out." He said.
Reyes was "massacred" along with various of his guerrillas sleeping in an improvised camp located two kilometers inside Ecuador by a surprise aerial attack by Columbian, according the President of that country Rafael Correa.
From Telesur
Original Spanish Version
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02 February 2008
For the Poor and Middle Class The Recession is Permanent
I have realized for years that there was something terribly wrong with our current economy. This article by Barbara Ehrenreich the author of Nickeled and Dimmed is one of the few that I have seen that really seems to tell it like it is. It is so disappointing to read the comments. People don't seem to realize that when people work for less than what cost the live a stable life the market is not working. The employer benefits in the short term, but the economy in general suffers greatly as the employee's productivity falls and crime and disease rise.
I am not saying that there is a simplistic answer. As far as I can tell the vast differential between the cost of living in the United States and the cost of living in China and India but American workers at almost an impossible disadvantage. I can't see any other outcome but a decrease in the American standard of living. If this decrease is managed with support given to the losers in this new society we may be able to make it. But if it is just an uncontrolled collapse of standard of living that works its way up high into the middle classes the result quite possibly will be the kind of political instability that is just too dangerous for a nuclear power.
I am not saying that there is a simplistic answer. As far as I can tell the vast differential between the cost of living in the United States and the cost of living in China and India but American workers at almost an impossible disadvantage. I can't see any other outcome but a decrease in the American standard of living. If this decrease is managed with support given to the losers in this new society we may be able to make it. But if it is just an uncontrolled collapse of standard of living that works its way up high into the middle classes the result quite possibly will be the kind of political instability that is just too dangerous for a nuclear power.
26 January 2008
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