Pres. Manuel Ortega Decries Danger of US Bases in Colombia

[L. Coyote]

Ortega Decries Danger of US Bases in Colombia
Monday, 09 November 2009 15:37 Prensa Latina
http://www.solvision.co.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=648:ortega-decries-danger-of-us-bases-in-colombia-&catid=3:internationals&Itemid=120


President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega denounced on Monday the danger that the US military bases in Colombia represent for his country's sovereignty and all Latin America's. Ortega said the presence of military bases in the area is a backward step, when he took part on Sunday in a ceremony on the 33rd death anniversary of Commander Carlos Fonseca Amador, who was founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

The Sandinista leader called the regional countries to fight so that these interventionist policies against the countries of the area are dismantled and those supporting interventionism have some dignity for the military bases not to be multiplied.

He added that the coup d'etat in Honduras was planned by the Bush administration and that mechanism is intact, and Obama can not do much about it.

He underlined that the military business machinery seeks to eliminate democratic and sovereign spaces that are being opened in the world and have already been opened in Latin America.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Real possibility if Venezuela crosses Columbia's borders that our military will be fighting

not Columbia.

[L. Coyote]

2. There is no "real possibility" Venezuela will cross Colombia's borders

but there is a real possibilty Colombia will cross Venezuela's borders again. Colombia recently invaded Ecuador to massacre insurgents.

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. The only way Venezuela would cross Colombia's borders is if they are in

hot pursuit of Colombian Paras who have been attacking their citizens.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I rest my case.

Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_colombia_us

[Flaneur]

6. Chavez talks a lot. My bet is no war is coming.

[ensho]

3. Ortega is right

we should not have bases in Columbia.

and the drug war is stupid.