Interesting that the US ambasador in Bolivia, is the same one that was in Yugoslavia when it was ripped apart to create a Hump state for the US.
<<Philip Goldberg’s nickname is “the Ambassador of Ethnic Cleansing.” Between 1994 and 1996 he was Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, one of the strategists behind Yugoslavian disintegration. He also promoted Serbia’s and Montenegro’s separation and was in Kosovo, where he fomented conflict between Serbian and Albanian forces.>>
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Latin America news
Published May 4, 2008 8:19 PM
New U.S. military threat
U.S. imperialism is ramping up its military threats in Latin America and the Caribbean. On April 24 the U.S. Navy announced the re-establishment of the U.S. Fourth Fleet to increase and coordinate the U.S. military presence there. As a sign of its aggressive intent, the new commander is Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, who has been head of the Naval Special Warfare Command, better known as the SEALs.
The SEALs’ Web site says, “The most important trait that distinguishes Navy SEALs from all other military forces is that SEALs are maritime Special Forces, as they strike from and return to the sea. ... Their stealth and clandestine methods of operation allow them to conduct multiple missions against targets that larger forces cannot approach undetected.”
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, reacting on state television to the Navy announcement, said: “They don’t scare us in the least. Along with Brazil we’re studying the creation of a South American Defense Council.”
The Navy’s announcement came at the same time that more U.S. politicians, like House Majority leader Nancy Pelosi, are admitting the failure of the U.S. blockade on Cuba, which was intended to starve the island into abandoning its socialist revolution. As the failure of the blockade is recognized, the military threat to Cuba and other countries in the region from the rebuilt Fourth Fleet cannot be ignored.
Attempt to split Bolivia
A dangerous U.S.-backed referendum is scheduled for May 4 in Santa Cruz, an oil-rich province of Bolivia where a rich, white, pro-imperialist minority is attempting to undermine the government of Evo Morales. Morales is the first Indigenous president of Bolivia. Using the smokescreen of “autonomy,” the campaign to withdraw from Bolivia is an effort to break up a nation populated mostly by Indigenous peoples, who endured hundreds of years of colonial oppression, and rob them of their most valuable resources.
Venezuelan President Chávez called an emergency meeting of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas, in Caracas on April 24 to discuss the danger in Bolivia. Other countries of the region, including Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil, expressed their concern. Chávez calls the vote “Operation Kosovo’’—a plot to split up Bolivia and create a pro-Washington rump state in the east. Interestingly enough, the U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Philip S. Goldberg, was the ambassador to Yugoslavia and a key figure in the separation of Kosovo from that country.
An online petition is exposing this fraud. Headed “The Conspiracy to Divide Bolivia Must Be Denounced,” it says in part:
“The subversive and unconstitutional actions of the oligarchic groups to try to divide the Bolivian nation reflect the racist and elitist minds of these sectors and constitute a very dangerous precedent not only for the country’s integrity, but for other countries in our region.
“History shows with ample eloquence, the terrible consequences that the divisionary and separatist processes supported and induced by foreign interests have had for humanity.
“Faced with this situation the signers below would like to express their support for the government of Evo Morales Ayma, for his policies for change and for the sovereign constituent process of the Bolivian people. At the same time we reject the so-called Santa Cruz Autonomy Statute due to its unconstitutionality and the attempt against the unity of a nation of our America.”
To sign on and forward, go to www.todosconbolivia.org. |
