Venezuelans to Support
Colombians
Venezuelan political and
social organizations are
organizing a mass rally
for Friday to support
the Colombian people and
condemn President Alvaro
Uribe's policy.
A meeting between the
Colombian president and
his Venezuelan
counterpart, Hugo
Chavez, is scheduled for
July 11 in the state of
Falcon, where the two
heads of State will talk
about the normalization
of bilateral relations,
which were damaged on
March 1, when Colombian
military forces attacked
Ecuador.
Venezuela described that
action, in which Raul
Reyes, one of the main
leaders of the Colombian
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC), was
killed, as a violation
of Ecuador's
sovereignty.
Uribe accused Venezuela
of supporting the
guerrilla group, an
accusation that Chavez
rejected.
In a press conference,
Yul Jabour, a member of
the Political Bureau of
the Communist Party of
Venezuela, called on the
people to condemn
Uribe's policy, which he
described as
warmongering and servile
to US interests.
The call, which has been
supported by students,
workers and women
organizations, the
International Solidarity
Committee, the
Anti-imperialist Front
and the Communist Youth
of Venezuela, condemns
all actions of the
Colombia Plan and its
extrapolation to
bordering countries.
The text condemns the
attempts against
Venezuela's
revolutionary process
and against the changes
being made in Ecuador,
Bolivia, Nicaragua and
other Latin American
countries.
It also rejects the
Colombian Army's recent
assassinations of
members of Indigenous
Communities in the
department of Cauca, as
well as of trade union
and students leaders
this year.
The call questions the
presence of the 4th US
Fleet off maritime
borders of Latin
American and Caribbean
countries. |
