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Remember the Alamo, George Orwell

Submitted March 2, 2004 - 12:57 pm by Jeff Simpson
From the Houston Chronicle:

Distracted by Haiti, U.S. ignores Venezuela

Jean-Bertrand Aristide has fled, Haiti is on the verge of total anarchy, and the United States has taken its eye off a larger and much more dangerous problem. The very day that Aristide fled, fires burned throughout Caracas, Venezuela, explosions and gunfire could be heard across the city, citizens battled and died at the hands of the National Guard, and the country pushed closer to all out civil war.

Civil war in Venezuela will make the anarchy in Haiti look pale and meaningless by comparison. The American media are filling the airwaves with images of violence from Port-Au-Prince, while "burying the lead" as they say in the news business. That "lead" being the exponentially larger story in Venezuela our press is ignoring.

But, of course that headline should read:

Distracted by US manipulated anti-democratic destabilization in Haiti, US media ignores US manipulated anti-democratic destabilization in Venezuela

The drama of Haiti and of the Aristide administration implies many dangers for Cuba and Venezuela.  It is the final outcome of Washington’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) against popular governments in Latin America: namely, subversion-destruction.

...The implications of the eventual installation of a right-wing government in Haiti are considerable for Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.  The geographic distance between north Haiti and eastern Cuba is barely 90 kilometers.  Guantanamo Base is located in those latitudes and any maritime exodus from Haiti could be used by the Bush administration as a pretext for unleashing force in the region.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammo...

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