Chavez; US Putting South America Under Siege
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
on Sunday said the United States is seeking
to put South America under a military siege,
and warned Venezuela will strengthen
defense.
Washington's aim is to be in control of
Venezuela's oil and other strategic targets
like the Amazonia forest, the giant South
American mining system in Argentina,
Uruguay, and Paraguay, Chavez stressed.
In his Sunday column "Las lineas de Chavez,"
the statesman particularly slammed the
Colombian government for allowing the United
States to use its military bases.
According to Chavez, Colombia has become a
replica of Israel in South America.
In the Americas Summit held in Trinidad and
Tobago in April, President Barack Obama
talked forgetting the past, and the
Colombian representant to a recent UNASUR
meeting added the missing part when she
spoke of stripping dialogue of any
ideological meaning, Chavez noted.
The head of State recalled Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa's words when he
referred to an international double
standard: rebel governments should be blamed
for everything, while obedient government
must be supported at all costs.
"Military bases, according to the Empire's
vision, are a problem of the Colombian
sovereignty, but the development of a
nuclear program by a country Washington
considers a member of the Axis of Evil is
not a problem of sovereignty, but a global
threat," the Venezuelan president said.
To face that situation, Chavez ratified his
proposal of creating "peace bases," stating
that if Venezuela is attacked, the country
will defend with all resources available.
For that, we are strengthening our defense
and military systems, he pointed out. |
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