[Marxism] Ex-military officers in Miami call for US troops to remove Chavez

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

REBEL VENEZUALAN EX-MILITARY OFFICERS ASK FOR A U.S. Military INVASION

By: Venezuelanalysis.com (Tahis G. and Martín Sánchez. Translation by
Eva Golinger)


Miami, January 12 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- On Monday, a group of
Venezuelan ex-military officers opposed to the democratic government
of President Hugo Chavez, openly called for the intervention of the
U.S. Army to stop the process of change occurring in Venezuela.

On the local television program Maria Elvira Confronta, hosted by
Maria Elvira Salazar on channel 22 in Miami, rebel Venezuelan officer
Luis Piña was asked if he would agree with a military invention in
Venezuela by the United States and if he would like to see the U.S.
Marines walking on his native Venezuelan territory with the intention
of overthrowing President Hugo Chavez.

Mr. Piña, who is now retired Sergeant and representative of the
anti-Chavez organization, Todos por Venezuela  (All for Venezuela),
responded that he would agree with such action by the US military,
"along with 80% of Venezuelans that are hoping for that U.S.
intervention to happen." A person who accompanied Piña at the show
seemed also pleased with his response.

Later on the debate show Descalzi Vs. Brown, broadcasted in the same
channel, invited guest Silvino Bustillos, a Venezuelan retired Colonel
(Aviation), also expressed his desire to see his native country
invaded by the U.S. and asked also for an intervention by United
Nations forces.

Ex-Colonel Bustillos was one of the protagonists of the April 11, 2002
failed coup d'etat against the democratic government in Venezuela, and
resulted in the brief dictatorship led by businessman Pedro Carmona.
Bustillos, Carmona and other coup participants today enjoy their
freedom in various foreign countries after escaping from Venezuelan
authorities.

The astonishing comments by these Venezuelan military officers, give
credibility to recent reports indicating that the possibility of a
U.S. invasion in Venezuela is a wish shared by a significant
percentage of those in Venezuela that oppose the democratically
elected President. Some local analysts have argued that a foreign
invasion seems to be the only chance left for those who have tried
almost everything to overthrow Chavez and install a dictatorship that
will repress the poor majority, as has been discussed by prominent
opposition leaders such as the ex-president of the corrupt trade union
federation CTV, Carlos Ortega, and by opposition financier Carlos
Dorado.

Intellectuals sympathetic to the process of change championed by
Chavez, have affirmed that due to the imminence of the unveiling by
the National Electoral Council of the massive fraud committed during
the signature drive petitioning for a referendum against Chavez,
desperate sectors of the opposition will opt for more radical
solutions to stop the new changes that are developing in Venezuela,
and throughout Latin America. These changes are the result of the
failures of prior administrations in the region that followed the U.S.
government plans and its neo-colonial policies.

The statements made by the rebel military officers confirm reports
that a series of alleged conversations have taken place between
representatives of the opposition coalition Democratic Coordinator and
upper-class organizations in Venezuela with members of the U.S.
government. These meetings appear to have achieved interventionist
declarations against Venezuela, such as those made by Condoleezza
Rice, the Cuban-Americans Roger Noriega and Otto Reich, and US State
Department spokesman Adam Ereli.

The Maria Elvira Confronta program is one of the most watched shows by
the Hispanic population in Southern Florida. The program has
interviewed individuals such as former Chilean Dictator Augusto
Pinochet, who, despite clear and convincing evidence of his genocidal
acts, described himself as "angel who acted out of love for his
country," during his interview.

The appropriate Venezuelan authorities will decide whether an
investigation will be conducted regarding the alarming requests of the
rebel Venezuelan military officers living in Miami. Calling for or
collaborating with foreign invasions on Venezuelan
territoryconstitutes the crime of treason in Venezuela, as well as in
many countries around the world.

Last December, Venezuelan police authorities requested the cooperation
of Interpol in the United States for the capture of fugitive
anti-government military rebels German Rodolfo Varela and Jose Antonio
Colina.

The fugitive rebels have been charged in connection with the terrorist
attacks to the Embassy of Spain and the Consulate of Colombia in
Caracas, on February 26,
2003. On December 20th, they requested political asylum in Miami.

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