INTERVIEW: Correa on the "Little Emperor" Uribe (and other things)

[magbana]

Machetera has translated a recent interview given by President Correa. Below is an excerpt. For the full interview, go to
http://machetera.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/correa-on-the-little-emperor-uribe-and-other-things/

Also, at the site, there is a hotlink to to a video of the interiew.

EXCERPT FROM CORREA INTERVIEW.

"During the meeting of the Rio Group in Santo Domingo, you showed your hands to Uribe and told him to take a good look at them because they are clean and without blood. What were you referring to?

Uribe has tried to involve us, not only my government, but also the Armed Forces, as supporters of the FARC. Later he alleged that my presidential campaign had been financed by the guerrillas. It's disgraceful. Where does this gentleman get off, after having violating every international law, accusing us of support for guerrilla groups whose actions we've said a thousand times we reject; it's insulting. That's why I told him to look at my hands. Just to highlight the contradiction with Uribe's position, which has been so scandalously related to drug trafficking. His warmongering policy is not going to end the conflict, instead it will exacerbate it and he's going to leave thousands dead as a result. My hands are clean and bloodless. That's something Uribe cannot say.

However they continue to claim that you were aware of the FARC's activities in your territory. They say that you were warned as many as 16 times of guerrilla bases in your territory, and were ignored. Is it true?

This is an unbelievable infamy. All my orders are on record. It's all so coarse and ridiculous that we've decided it's not worth answering. It's just that we don't know why he does it. Just when relations improve with him, something strange happens and you get stabbed in the back. Something in his head's not working right.

How is it possible that this climate of tension has been reached if at the end of the Rio Group meeting, you managed to shake hands?

That's Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Something's wrong. His behavior is terribly psychotic.."


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[Judi Lynn]

1. Coming back later to read this interview. See they posted one of the guy's great photos! Thanks. n/t

[Texano78704]

2. I thought...

Uribe's nickname was "torito." Correa must have a different opinion.