[Marxism] Washington’s role in the current conflict between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador

["Kiraz Janicke" <kirazj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Washington's role in the current conflict between Colombia, Venezuela
and Ecuador
March 3rd 2008, by Cory Fischer-Hoffman - Upside Down World

Monday, 03 March 2008, Caracas, Venezuela -- On Saturday March 1st
Colombia's Air Force carried out a military operation in Ecuador,
violating the sovereignty of its western neighbor nation. The bombing
resulted in at least 17 deaths. One of the people reported to be among
the victims is Raúl Reyes, commander and spokesperson for the Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). This attack is the
continuation and escalation of an on-going war in Colombia that has
persisted for 40 years due to US military funding and training of
Armed Forces in Colombia. The United States has a long history of
intervention in Latin America, ranging from military occupations, to
financial support for the overthrow of democratically elected
presidents to economic sabotage to military trainings of state and
private death squads. In Colombia, the United States has taken
particular interest in the oil, land, water, and agricultural
resources as well as the ports and profitable cocaine trade, and more
recently Colombia's strategic location in relation to Venezuela and
Ecuador.

read full article http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/3224

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