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 News from Around the Americas | December 2005 
Venezuela Discloses US Plotting
 Prensa Latina
| | Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe listen to national anthems during a ceremony to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the death of South American independence hero Simon Bolivar in Santa Marta, 465 miles north of Bogota, Colombia. (AP/SNE,Fernando Ruiz) |
Caracas - The disclosure that a US official attended a meeting to conspire against Venezuela corroborates the predictions that Washington intends to augment pressures against Caracas in 2006.
According to the regional Telesur TV channel, a Peruvian-born major of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, whose surname is Thomas, recently met with former Venezuelan military coupists in Bogota, Colombia.
A source, who asked for anonymity, said Thomas attended a meeting at the Colombian Administrative Security Department (DAS), as confirmed in a video later broadcast by a US channel.
The disclosure provided evidence for Venezuelan authorities´ accusations over the US involvement in subversive plans to overthrow the government of President Hugo Chavez, given the opposition has failed to defeat him in elections.
Regarding the Colombia meeting, Chavez himself submitted evidence to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who later admitted an official headquarter had been used for the plotting.
Nestor Gonzalez, a former Venezuelan general involved in the anti-Chavez coup, also participated in the secretive gathering.
Government officials have warned a probable increase of destabilizing actions by a radical opposition sector, backed up by the US, due to the lack of alternatives to defeat Chavez democratically.
US to Increase Meddling in Nicaragua
Prensa Latina
Managua - Political analyst Aldo Diaz Lacayo asserted the US will augment its meddling in Nicaraguan political affairs in 2006 to prevent the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) from winning elections.
Diaz Lacayo said the November elections would lead to US political impositions and tactics to avoid that the FSLN headed by Daniel Ortega win the presidency.
"I´m predicting a year full of interference," said the former diplomat and current historian, in statements to El Nuevo Diario newspaper on Monday.
He believes US meddling in 2006 would be thornier than that of 1928 and 1936 -marked by military interventions- because it will invest money and use rightwing non-governmental groups in its strategy.
The main US concern is that the current leftwing revival in Latin America spreads to Central America, he stressed.
However, he said the US interference in the Nicaraguan elections could benefit the FSLN, whose victory will not depend on a split of the rightwing opponents, but on the loss of prestige of governments in the last 15 years. |
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