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catherine b comments on And we're back

But you still hav'nt told me what happened????

catherine b comments on And we're back

I've not been here in a few days....presidential primaries in the USA are such a distraction. But what happened? What did I miss? What drama? Please clue me in.

catherine b comments on Chavez hardens tone in dispute with Colombia

I have to disagree with you there Vlad. Whether you do something or threaten to do so is equally reprehensable. I don't believe Colombia should shut down its border for the simple reason that Chavez keeps trying to escalate the situation. He has thousands of troops near the border already. If Colombia also places a significant number of troops near the border all it takes is one little "accidental" shot from either side to provoke something. It's not far fetched. There have been isolated incidents on the border for years. Just a few weeks ago Colombia was demanding an explanation from Venezuela that a Colombian child was shot and killed near the border by Venezuelan authorities.

catherine b comments on La Chaveztia ya caduco... ya es tiempo de que lo exterminen.

Chavez is beyond meds. He needs a straitjacket ASAP!

catherine b comments on Chavez hardens tone in dispute with Colombia

And then there are those on this forum who wonder why many of us here discuss Chavez and dislike him so. I don't think there will be a war unless Chavez goes ahead and launches one of his new Russian missiles which he seems so eager to do. Although what is more than evident is he's itching for a fight with somebody...anybody and his deteriorating mental health. It's time for Venezuelans to do something about their Loco in Chief before he creates a disastrous situation.

catherine b comments on Capturada alias 'Doris Adriana', del primer frente de las Farc

Actually I'm pretty amazed at how accustomed you've grown to consistently being disproven on PBH but still you persist. http://www.cambio.com.co/portadacambio/752/3836911-pag-4_4.html http://www.coha.org/2007/10/10/the-multi-faceted-motivation-of-the-farc-and-prospects-for-peace/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1355513.stm http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=163751&id_seccion=5 http://www.fundacionrumbos.org/mostrar.php?id=286

catherine b comments on La biografía no autorizada de Alvaro Uribe

You poor little man. Do you really think I care if my comment is deleted or not? lol

catherine b comments on Capturada alias 'Doris Adriana', del primer frente de las Farc

Oh yes I can say that. It does'nt matter what her nationality is. She is still an enemy of the Colombian people. So besides you Cassini, the farc and a very very small minority I can assure you that it is a wonderful day for 99% of Colombians.

catherine b comments on Capturada alias 'Doris Adriana', del primer frente de las Farc

She participates in the kidnapping and murder of fellow Colombians so why should'nt the rest of the nation rejoice at the capture of another treacherous self-appointed executioner of Colombian civilians?

catherine b comments on La biografía no autorizada de Alvaro Uribe

You're so full of s*** Cassini. You know nothing about me. I would never consider a hateful racist such as Le Pen to be a moderate. I do not "love" Uribe but I do admire and value his tenacity and resolve to finally rid Colombia of farc. Those of us who oppose farc are the ones who sincerely love justice, freedom and the truth.

catherine b comments on Capturada alias 'Doris Adriana', del primer frente de las Farc

But a wonderful day for Colombians!

catherine b comments on La biografía no autorizada de Alvaro Uribe

Regarding the "psychological" profile of Uribe, having friends in that field I can assure you that a TRUE PROFESSIONAL would never attempt such a profile without first meeting the individual in person and interacting with that person. None of which the anonymous so called "psychiatrist" above has done. For all we know that "profile" could've been written by Raul Reyes or Felipe Zuleta, puhleeze! BTW, the characteristics mentioned above are a perfect description of Chavez. And no Cassini, you do NOT love Colombia! Defend your precious kidnappers all you want but please spare us your grotesque hypocrisy of "loving" Colombia. People who truly love a nation and its people would never wish a Khmer Rouge style plague on them. You hate Uribe not because you "love" Colombia but because he's the only Colombian president that is effectively destroying farc. I have to agree with Tasco when he points out that you are nothing but an internet propaganda arm of farc.

catherine b comments on Colombia: Guerrilla Leader Is Sentenced

What's amazing is that farc wants Trinidad and Sonia to be part of the exchange. They're making the release of the hostages almost impossible. What's mind boggling and infuriating about this new demand is that when these two were initially captured, Uribe offered not to extradite them in exchange for the hostages. Farc did'nt accept the offer and now they want to make Trinidad and Sonia part of the deal?!?!

catherine b comments on Chavez says if the Opposition win the elections there will be a civil war in Venezuela.

Are you that dense Juli, that the obvious has to be explained in minute detail? I had considered expanding on my previous response to you but you're so rude and belligerent that I no longer feel I "owe" you any further explanation. "No disrespect but I am trying to see your side - honestly and sincerely." In the future if you're "really" that curious about any particular post or position another poster has you may wish to first attempt some basic courtesy in your approach. It's really not so difficult.

catherine b comments on Chavez says if the Opposition win the elections there will be a civil war in Venezuela.

In case you hav'nt been reading or watching the news for the last ..oh 2 months Chavez has not let a week go by without having some type of comment or attempt at meddling in Colombian affairs. So while he is NOT the president of Colombia he seems to think he is, and his close ties with farc and Senator Cordoba amongst other things do make him and his ever increasing public displays of emotional instability a current topic of conversation among many Colombians. Here's a novel idea Juli: why don't you post topics that interest you instead of expecting others to post topics according to your personal likes and dislikes.

catherine b comments on Prosecutors ask for maximum sentence of 60 years for farc member Simon Trinidad

As far as I know it does not exist in Colombia. But maybe someone else here knows differently.

catherine b comments on Chavez says if the Opposition win the elections there will be a civil war in Venezuela.

"Actually this one is a good article not filled with unfounded sensationalistic hysteria - unlike all the other stuff Catherine always cuts and pastes in." Really? Pray tell "ALL of the unfounded sensationalastic stuff I ALWAYS" post. As for the cut and paste, I'm not a journalist to be writing my own reports. My comments however, are my own. By the way Juli, no one's forcing you to read these "yawn inducing" articles anyway. It's only for those who are interested in "Politics & the War" in Colombia as the forum says and wish to comment on the subject.

catherine b comments on Ortega threatens Colombia not to "touch" Venezuela or else.

Even worse!

catherine b comments on Manos Por La Paz

http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/caribe/2008-01-27/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3935022.html Enero 27 de 2008 Por hambre, guerrillero desertó de las Farc y se entregó a tropas de la Brigada 11 al sur de Córdoba Alias 'Nilson', desertó del bloque nororiental de las Farcc on un fusil y munición en el corregimiento Puerto Frasquillo, Tierralta. Asegura que el hambre está matando a los combatientes. "La gente está aguantando hambre, y hay muchos operativos del Ejército. Por eso, yo aproveché un descuido de mis compañeros y me fugué", dijo el desertor, quien permanece en las instalaciones de la guarnición militar en Montería. "Duré nueve años, pero a pesar de que ya tenía hombres bajo mi mando, los propios jefes nos trataban muy mal y no nos daban raciones para comer. Eso tiene muy desmotivados a los compañeros", recalcó. Alias 'Nilson' estaba al mando de 40 hombres que, según él, tenían la misión de cuidar extensos sembradíos de coca en el Nudo del Paramillo. Como tenía poder de mando, podía movilizarse solo en algunas áreas, y eso fue lo que aprovechó para huir del grupo guerrillero. Agregó que en su grupo había 5 menores de edad que fueron reclutados por la guerrilla entre los pobladores de Puerto Frasquillo y veredas cercanas. "Ellos trabajan como todos, y no se pueden salir porque los amenazan con matarlos si lo hacen", puntualizó. Una entrega importante El comandante de la Brigada 11, coronel Jorge Salgado Restrepo, resaltó la importancia que tiene la entrega del guerrillero, de quien dijo posee importante información. "El que un comandante a nivel de guerrilla se esté entregando por efectos del control de área que se está realizando en el Nudo del Paramillo, nos da una idea de que la misión se está cumpliendo de manera efectiva", dijo. Sostuvo que el bloque noroccidental, al cual pertenecía alias 'Nilson' y que delinque en los departamentos de Córdoba y Antioquia, es uno de los más importantes al interior del secretariado de las Farc, por su misión en el negocio del narcotráfico. Dijo también el coronel Salgado que el guerrillero entregó las coordenadas de la ubicación de los cultivos, laboratorios y detalles de algunas rutas por donde era sacada la droga, la cual está siendo manejada por la inteligencia militar para propiciar nuevos golpes. "Él nos está dando unos sitios donde se presentan los cultivos y nos está mostrando cómo son las rutas del narcotráfico. Esa es una información de mucha utilidad", recalcó el oficial. Alias 'Nilson' será incluido en el programa de desmovilización del Gobierno Nacional y permanecerá en la guarnición militar bajo protección.

catherine b comments on Manos Por La Paz

Desi, maybe I missed something but I did'nt read that they've become uribistas in that article link.

catherine b comments on Manos Por La Paz

http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/2008-01-27/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3934750.html Liduine Zumpolle, otra holandesa que no les cree a las Farc Su nombre ha estado ligado en los últimos siete años al cierre de muchas puertas que las Farc tenían abiertas en Europa. En el 2001, siendo directora de la influyente ONG católica Pax Cristi, denunció la crítica situación de los secuestrados que tenía la guerrilla. Esa labor, reconocen ex diplomáticos de los gobiernos Pastrana y Uribe, fue clave para que la Unión Europea incluyera al grupo subversivo en la lista de organizaciones terroristas en el 2002. Zumpolle vino por primera vez a Colombia en los 70, como estudiante, y se quedó. Ella saldrá a marchar el 4 de febrero, pero no solo para exigir que no haya más secuestros sino para que las Farc se den cuenta de que su guerra no tiene futuro. "Hay tres situaciones de no retorno: primero, la gran campaña mundial contra el secuestro -dice-. Segundo, la publicación del diario de Tanja Nijmeijer (Eilleen, la guerrillera holandesa cuyo diario reveló EL TIEMPO en septiembre y que ha sido traducido a varios idiomas), quien decía que estaba decepcionada del grupo. El tercero, el caso de Emmanuel y el sufrimiento de los secuestrados. Estos son golpes que las Farc no los sobreviven ideológicamente". Explica que desde hace décadas las ONG siempre lideraron la discusión sobre Colombia en Europa, "inspirada por los representantes de la guerrilla allá, que se cubren bajo tantas banderas, porque los diplomáticos del Gobierno estaban ausentes". Sobre un posible acuerdo humanitario dice que las Farc no lo quieren hacer porque "no se quieren quedar sin nada". Además, afirma que la guerrilla no tiene canjeables, pues muchos de ellos no quieren volver a la guerra. De hecho, ella representa el movimiento 'Manos por la Paz', constituido por cerca de 600 guerrilleros presos en cárceles colombianas que quieren desmovilizarse e ingresar en la ley de Justicia y Paz, idea que fue impulsada esta semana por el Ministerio del Interior.

catherine b comments on HUGO CHAVEZ: ``YO MASTICO PASTA DE COCA´´

I have to laugh though. Chavez is running neck to neck with Paris Hilton as the world's biggest attention whore. The following clip is from today's ALBA summit. He's asking Evo where's his coca supply. LOL

catherine b comments on Ex paramilitares se adhieren a jornada de protesta contra las Farc

The first word caught my attention....EX..paramilitaries. I would'nt be surprised if some ex farc show up too.

catherine b comments on our Hugo, hat in hand.... Venezuela swallows rhetoric, buys American food

Well I think it's because Chavez has said that the "empire" wants to assasinate or depose him...well now it's Colombia that's guilty of that. And while I don't doubt that the USA and Colombia among others would love to see Hugo leave, if the USA were really that serious about and commited to overthrow Chavez as he claims we could have done that already by no longer buying his oil. The 2 countries he attacks the most are also the two that he is most dependent on both financially as well as food supplies.

catherine b comments on Keeping Colombia beautiful.

I had'nt seen the post. Oh well. I'm sure one of the moderators will delete.

catherine b comments on CHÃ?VEZ HAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOST POPULARITY

catherine b comments on Chavez: Colombia plans 'aggression'

Let's see, the USA is a little over 200 years old. So before 1776 everyone was rich and privileged? Poverty, wars, injustice and empires did'nt exist until then? Wow! What a valuable history lesson I just learned.

catherine b comments on Chavez: Colombia plans 'aggression'

"the usa breeds a defensive mentality" Ah, well that explains your affinity with Chavez: the Big Bad USA. Oh the world would be such a paradise of brotherhood and peace if it was'nt for those horrible Yankees. But if the USA "breeds a defensive mentality" one would assume Chavez was reared in the USA, because nobody but NOBODY is as "defensive" as he.

catherine b comments on Chavez: Colombia plans 'aggression'

It's a droll analogy, "honey".

catherine b comments on Imagen favorable del presidente Uribe rompió récord del 80 por ciento

Excellent GATOR! Hahahahaha

catherine b comments on Chavez: Colombia plans 'aggression'

This loser has the biggest hard-on for Colombia! The way he behaves towards Colombia is like some jerk at a club who keeps pestering some pretty chick who keeps telling him to get lost and he refuses to understand she really means it. Is it possible for a country to have a stalker??? I guess so.

catherine b comments on Chavez has reason

Chavez spends more money than any Latin American government to improve his image in the USA. http://www.miamiherald.com/949/story/388403.html WASHINGTON -- When the Venezuelan Embassy and CITGO recently launched the Washington leg of their discounted heating-oil program for America's poor, President Hugo Chávez's publicity machine went into high gear. The launch was held in the modest home of Safronia Holland, a black woman described by CITGO as a ''67-year-old grandmother struggling . . . with rising energy costs.'' Children waved Venezuelan flags, and Venezuelan diplomats beamed. There was food -- and lots of media. While Chávez regularly rails against U.S. ''imperialism,'' he is also spending upwards of $70 million to improve his image in the United States, from Washington to Alaska. His embassy, among Washington's busiest, works with dozens of groups that favor his left-wing ''Bolivarian'' revolution. And his discount heating-oil program has benefited tens of thousands of America's poor. Indeed, no Latin American country in recent history has invested so much money and effort in shaping U.S. perceptions of its government, largely negative as a result of Chávez's anti-Bush rhetoric, his friendship with Cuba and Iran, and doubts about his commitment to democracy. Chávez's oil-fueled ''revolution'' has made him beloved or despised in his own country, boosted his standing as mentor of leftist Latin American leaders like Bolivia's Evo Morales and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega -- and provided the resources to lobby for grass-roots support in the United States. ''I wouldn't say he's anti-American. He is clearly, however, anti-U.S. hegemony,'' said Kenneth Roberts, who teaches Latin American affairs at Cornell University. ``He has this strategic vision of redistributing power in world affairs. He has a stronger vision of that than any other leader we've seen in this generation.'' True to Chávez's populist ways, he has been trying to reach the American people directly, rather than the traditional way of lobbying U.S. Congress members. A draft of the Venezuelan foreign ministry's budget for 2008 requests $193 million to ''intensify'' Venezuela's actions worldwide. That does not include salaries for diplomats and other routine expenditures. SPREADING THE WORD The document, obtained by El Nuevo Herald, says that in the United States, the ministry wants to encourage exchanges with social movements, spread the word on Venezuela through alternative media, step up its support of the ''excluded sectors of U.S. society,'' and promote ``groups in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution.'' Such pro-Chávez groups remain small, however. A Venezuela Solidarity Network screening Dec. 1 in Washington of a documentary on Chávez's victory in a 2004 recall referendum drew fewer than a dozen people. The first pro-Chávez groups in the United States sprang up in 2002, when the Bush administration faced accusations -- strongly denied -- that it had backed a coup against Chávez that year. Today, three networks remain active, often led and supported by Americans involved in a broad range of left-of-center activities. Chuck Kaufman, a veteran of the opposition to U.S. policies in Nicaragua in the 1980s, set up the Washington-based Venezuela Solidarity Network while Alan Woods, editor of the publication In Defense of Marxism, founded the Minneapolis-based group Hands Off Venezuela. Kaufman says he has branches in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Houston and 2,000 e-mail contacts for his ''emergency response network,'' which alerts activists to possible U.S. government actions against Chávez. Venezuela Solidarity Network's East region coordinator, Banbose Shango, says he supports several Havana causes, including Free the Five, a campaign seeking the release of Cuban intelligence agents convicted in Miami and serving prison terms. Then there are the U.S. versions of the pro-Chávez volunteer groups known as Bolivarian Circles. They coordinate only loosely among one another, making it hard to determine how many are active. William Camacaro, who heads the one in New York, says they exist in many major urban centers, including Houston, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. There is also a circle in Miami. ''We're trying to contain the propaganda that exists in the mainstream media against the Venezuelan government,'' Camacaro said. Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez, who travels often around the country pitching Chávez's policies, also argues that the lobbying is mostly defensive because Chávez foes would like to see sterner, Cuba-style U.S. sanctions imposed on Venezuela. The Bush administration has ended most forms of aid and weapons sales to Venezuela, saying its government has refused to cooperate on issues like drug trafficking and terrorism. ''Ours is a government with an alternative vision that has been demonized,'' Alvarez told The Miami Herald. ``Unfortunately, we must coexist with an administration -- parts of an administration -- that after the . . . Sept. 11 events revived the Cold War in its most brutal form.'' Alvarez has also been busy promoting the subsidized heating-oil program for America's poor, handled by the Boston-based nonprofit Citizens Energy and CITGO, a unit of the state-run Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), which owns several U.S. refineries and franchises 8,000 U.S. gas stations. Calling it the largest social program ever run by an oil firm, CITGO distributed 66 million gallons of heating oil last winter and hopes to double that volume this winter, reaching 220,000 U.S. households. Citizens Energy calculates that each household could save $320 per winter. CITGO, which does not operate in Alaska, has also donated more than $5 million to Alaskan American Indian organizations -- the estimated cost of 100 gallons each for about 12,000 households. In addition, the company donated $3.3 million to community groups in the South Bronx, and Alvarez says similar donations are in the works elsewhere. All of this gives Chávez a big U.S. footprint, reaching homes in 23 states, plus about 200 Indian tribes. The program even garnered recognition from Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, who told the Reuters news agency that he wished ``more companies did it.'' But CITGO's links to Chávez have also spurred scattered calls to boycott its gas stations, including one billboard put up by a local businessman in Alabama -- with a photo of Chávez holding up a CITGO logo -- that read, ''Don't buy gas from this ass.'' Some Alaskans have refused CITGO's aid. Citizens Energy founder Joseph P. Kennedy, son of former Sen. Robert Kennedy, was unapologetic about teaming up with Chávez during the launch at Holland's home last month. The U.S. government, he said, regularly deals with countries accused of human-rights abuses, like China and Saudi Arabia. ''I don't hear anybody going after these other countries for the policies they practice,'' he said. ``I would just ask you to be fair and reasonable.'' Chávez has not totally shunned traditional lobbying. Four years ago, the embassy hired Patton Boggs, a powerful Washington lobby group, but the arrangement lasted only a few months. Alvarez declined to go into details. And according to filings with the Foreign Agents Registration unit of the Department of Justice, between 2004 and early 2007, the embassy paid $3,000 to $15,000 a month to Segundo Mercado-Lloréns, a member of the Discalced Carmelite Friars turned lobbyist for labor unions, to build up its internal lobbying capabilities, including training for Venezuelan diplomats. Much of the lobbying legwork falls on the Venezuela Information Office, set up in 2004 as a semi-autonomous embassy outreach unit. The embassy spent a little more than $1 million on that office in the year ending Aug. 31, 2007, according to Department of Justice filings. The office employs a handful of activists who are paid $30,000 to $60,000 a year. According to the office's logs for the year ending last August, the group made 342 contacts with nongovernmental organizations, via e-mail, phone or in person, with journalists, local officials, academics and students. Many journalists received e-mails ''suggesting ideas for balanced reporting.'' The office also asks activists to complain against alleged newspaper biases. One 2006 e-mail complained of the ''extreme hostility toward Venezuela'' by The Washington Post and provided a link to ''make your voice heard'' at the newspaper. Similar alerts targeted The Miami Herald, The Denver Post and other media. The Venezuelan unit contacted only eight offices in the U.S. Congress, where Chávez appears to have few friends. EFFORTS PRAISED During a visit to Caracas, Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., who participated in a group of U.S. and Venezuelan lawmakers created around 2003 to ease bilateral tensions, endorsed Chávez's efforts to free hostages held by Colombian rebels and said relations between the countries require ``mutual respect.'' Rep. José Serrano, D-N.Y., praised Chávez for his aid to America's poor after the Venezuelan president traveled in past years to the Bronx and Harlem to launch his heating-oil program. But most mainstream liberal groups, like MoveOn.org, ignore Chávez, and a resolution passed by the Senate condemning Chávez's decision last year to shut down an opposition TV station was backed by Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Christopher Dodd. Ambassador Alvarez nevertheless says he has made some headway. "We've been able to gradually contain the most right-wing elements," he said, "who were out to get a congressional condemnation."

catherine b comments on Chavez has reason

I'm so glad the Chavez cheerleaders are here to "educate" us about who and what Chavez and farc really are. Because clearly we should believe them over our own eyes and ears. http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/internacionales/697922.html Revela televisora colombiana que el ejército de Venezuela usa para entrenamiento un videojuego que recrea un conflicto con Colombia BOGOT�, Colombia, ene. 24, 2008.- El presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez estaría preparando un conflicto bélico con Colombia, a fin de 'cercenar' parte del territorio de este país, aseguró la cadena privada de televisión RCN. En una emisión especial del programa noticioso 'La Noche', el informativo reveló la existencia de un juego de video que sirve para entrenar altos oficiales venezolanos y que recrea una guerra con Colombia. Según la cadena televisiva se trata sólo de un eslabón de la serie de acciones que Chávez ha iniciado para propiciar un conflicto bélico con la idea de recuperar territorios que pertenecieron a Venezuela durante la época de la corona española. La versión fue ratificada por el experto internacionalista Carlos Patiño, quien dijo que incluso la constitución bolivariana de Venezuela, impulsada por Chávez, considera territorio nacional al que comprendió la capitanía general de Venezuela hasta 1819. En 1819 Simón Bolívar creó la república de la Gran Colombia, integrada por las actuales Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador y Panamá, de la cual se surgió el estado colombiano en 1886. El programa informativo de televisión mostró un juego de video y dijo que 'los militares venezolanos están siendo preparados en sus academias para un ataque preventivo contra Colombia'. El informativo citó un documento de inteligencia según el cual el ataque de Venezuela contaría con el apoyo de la guerrilla colombiana de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). Recordó que Chávez mantiene desde hace algunas semanas una arremetida verbal contra el presidente colombiano �lvaro Uribe, a quien repetidamente calificó como peón del imperio (estadounidense) y como cobarde. Recordó que Chávez pidió hace algunos días que Uribe reconociera a las FARC como grupo beligerante para llegar a un acuerdo que permita la liberación de varios cientos de secuestrados en poder de la guerrilla, entre ellos la ex candidata presidencial Ingrid Betancourt. Por último, citó a expertos que señalan que en caso de un conflicto, Estados Unidos apoyaría a Colombia, con unos 15 mil infantes de marina apostados en el Atlántico.

catherine b comments on Chavez has reason

"Chavez a sweet man, the Iranians love him, so does Castro." And don't forget farc, Qaddafi, Robert Mugabe and Alexander Lukashenko. The democratic Dream Team. LOL.

catherine b comments on Uribe calls for investigation into alleged Venezuelan Mayor-FARC

Thank you Cassini for once again proving my point. Insults are the only weapons left to those who lack valid arguments.

catherine b comments on General y ex fiscal colombianos arrestados por pertenecer a mafia de la droga

He can't stop it. Unlike sooo many others in Latin America where there is no independence of justice.

catherine b comments on Uribe calls for investigation into alleged Venezuelan Mayor-FARC

Either that or jail, or face a firing squad

catherine b comments on General y ex fiscal colombianos arrestados por pertenecer a mafia de la droga

I find it amusingly ironic tasco, how the same people who say that under Uribe there's no justice and mass corruption also point to the numerous arrests of powerful people to "prove" their point. LOL

catherine b comments on Uribe calls for investigation into alleged Venezuelan Mayor-FARC

I guess you can't intelligently respond to the truth. Nothing new.

catherine b comments on General y ex fiscal colombianos arrestados por pertenecer a mafia de la droga

Good. It only proves that under Uribe even the powerful have to face justice. It seems to me that what others call the "scandal" of so many more important people being arrested in Colombia under Uribe than previous administrations is a testament to Colombia's democracy: imperfect as it may be it is still a democracy and a truer one than the thugocracy to the east. Can you imagine Chavez allowing the arrest and prosecution of any of his officers or party members? The only people in Venezuela who ever get incarcerated are members of the opposition. This story does'nt prove more corruption under Uribe than previous administrations. Colombia was'nt a stranger to corruption until only 5 years ago. It merely illustrates how much more corruption was tolerated and went unpunished in previous administrations.

catherine b comments on Piedad Cordova was on the verge of being attacked on flight to Caracas

"Nowadays if you are not a fan of Uribe, you are named "FARC". It is fully hysterical." No, there's plenty of anti uribists who are not farc supporters. It's those who are incapable of accusing and denouncing farc with the same visceral hatred with which they accuse and denounce other groups who are in league with farc. It's fully hypocritical.

catherine b comments on Uribe calls for investigation into alleged Venezuelan Mayor-FARC

cassini says "Catherine b, just come here and say: you're Mancuso supporter. It's been obvious for some time." Really??? How so?? When have I EVER defended the paras? I have condemned them as terrorists and murderers on more than one occasion on this forum. Unlike you who has NEVER once said anything negative about farc. Whenever someone here posts news of another para atrocity I don't feel compelled to come to their defense, insult posters who speak out against the paras. Unlike YOU who refuses to acknowledge the farc are criminals and who insults anyone here who expresses their disgust towards farc. And if ever there were a petition to add names to "NO MAS AUC" I would sign it and I would not attempt to dissuade others from signing their names. Unlike YOU who not too long ago posted some story about how "dangerous" Facebook is, the CIA can obtain your personal information, blah, blah, blah. What was the point of that post? As you mentioned yourself, Facebook is the place where people are signing their names protesting farc (NO MAS FARC). So what purpose does it serve to frighten people from not joining Facebook, in relation to NO MAS FARC? The only purpose would be to dissuade people from signing their names to a list repudiating farc. Who would try to dissuade anyone from signing a petition that denounces farc? Only a farc supporter!

catherine b comments on España ofrece a Alvaro Uribe defender la soberanía de Colombia en la frontera

Pastrana???

catherine b comments on Piedad Cordova was on the verge of being attacked on flight to Caracas

robi, bear in mind that Piedad has done nothing more than accuse the Colombian government of just about every conceivable crime including trying to get her killed. What was her response to this incident? That it was the government's doing. That the government is "inciting" violence towards her. The last time Uribe mentioned her to the Colombian people was to thank her publicly for her role in facilitating the liberation of Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez. Cordoba wants to shift the blame yet AGAIN on Uribe's government and not recognizing that it is her behaviour that is the cause of this animosity from so many Colombians. The minister was basically telling her "Hey don't blame us for your unpopularity."

catherine b comments on Piedad Cordova was on the verge of being attacked on flight to Caracas

"It is a true scandal that a minister of interior says that. His goal is the civil peace and maintaining yhe order not excusing threats." Really? And what are Senator Cordoba's duties as a Colombian citizen and elected representative of Colombian people and Colombian interests? What's truly scandalous are individuals who still try to portray farc as "noble" "freedom fighters" and ejercito del pueblo when we all know what monsters they truly are. Here's another example of how "el ejercito del pueblo" takes care of el pueblo. http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3930690.html Enero 24 de 2008 Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja rescató 7 muertos que deja la guerra entre Farc y Eln en Arauca Los cuerpos fueron encontrados en Arauquita y trasladados a Saravena. Con ellos, ya suman 25 muertos, entre civiles y guerrilleros, en la confrontación. Líderes campesinos la atribuyen a la declaratoria de guerra de las Farc a los elenos por 'avalar' la exploración de Occidental en el campo Caporal (Tame), a cambio de obras para la comunidad. Esto ha afectado a comunidades de Saravena, Arauquita, Tame y Fortul. La defensora Regional, Gloria Cuitiva, dijo que por ello 2.017 campesinos e indígenas se han desplazado. Contó que una misión humanitaria recorrió el departamento y estableció que numerosas familias no han declarado su situación sino que están hacinadas en casas de amigos o familiares por temor a represalias de las guerrillas. Roberto Mignone, de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Refugiados (ACNUR), pidió más apoyo del Estado. "El desplazamiento de indígenas es un tema de gran preocupación por sus fuertes lazos con la tierra, de la que depende su supervivencia cultural", enfatizó Mignone. Advirtió que entre ellos hay muchos niños, lo que podría retrasar el inicio del año escolar "a menos que se tomen medidas urgentes".

catherine b comments on tirofijo tiene cancer / tirofijo has cancer

Assuming he does have cancer, I wonder if in his most agonizing moments of pain he remembers the thousands of victims throughout 45 years who begged him for mercy.

catherine b comments on Imagen favorable del presidente Uribe rompió récord del 80 por ciento

And the repercussions of France's "benevolence" in Africa is still felt.

catherine b comments on tirofijo tiene cancer / tirofijo has cancer

Notice how Cassini never refers to farc (known kidnappers, murderers, terrorists, child abusers, narco trafickers, rapists, etc) in unflattering terms? Never once a negative adjective to describe his precious farc. But when it comes to anyone else we're "animals" "beasts", etc, etc.

catherine b comments on Uribe calls for investigation into alleged Venezuelan Mayor-FARC

Oh please, According to Cassini only Chavez and farc tell the truth...no matter how outrageous..oh and Uribe always lies. Cassini, just come out and say it: you're a farc supporter. It's been obvious for some time.

catherine b comments on Imagen favorable del presidente Uribe rompió récord del 80 por ciento

Cassini is upset because it kills him that an OVERWHELMING majority of Colombians approve of Uribe and not farc. Even Chavez never got those numbers back when he actually was popular in Venezuela. The comparison with African despots is unfair and completely ridiculous. Say what you will about Uribe and the Colombian government it is STILL a democracy and one of the oldest in the western hemisphere. Even under a dictator such as General Rojas Pinilla Colombians enjoyed more freedoms in the 1950's than almost any African nation today.