What is the Real US Connection With FARC Rebels?
Kobina Wright
March 25, 2008
A few days ago I listened to an interview posted on the Corbett Report website, with "Nico" from the GeoPoliticalMonitor.com. The posted interview starts off with, "Okay, what can you tell us about the South American situation with Venezuela, Columbia and Ecuador?"
This first question catches my attention of course, because on January 11, 2008, I published article titled, Two Female Hostages Freed by Colombian FARC Rebels. This was, about the release of lawyer, Clara Rojas and political aide Consuelo Gonzalez, who had been FARC hostages for several years. Rojas, had even given birth to a son while captive.
According to Nico, the Venezuelan government is a bit sympathetic to the FARC rebels as Venezuela and Ecuador haven´t been as strict concerning FARK members crossing their borders. He also stated that Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan government is in opposition to US interests; and that Columbia is allied with the US as it fuels the US economy with the trafficking of cocaine. And when Columbia invaded Ecuador to assassinate the head of FARC; Nicaragua, Brazil, and Chile got involved against Columbia for violating Ecuador and Ecuador and Venezuela sanctioned Columbia.
Nico reveals that fighting the FARC is pushing the US agenda, because the feud is latently between Venezuela and the US. He goes on say that the US has also threatened to place Venezuela on the terrorist black list for funding 300 million dollars to FARC. Nico points out that the laptop seized by the Columbian military that was supposed to provide proof of this transaction, found nothing. He believes it to be simply trumped up charges by the US in order to justify threats made against Venezuela. Though he didn´t feel it was impossible, he believed that any eminent war or sanctions against Venezuela were improbable.
Interviewer, James Corbett, from which the Corbett Report is named after, brought up a 1999 Reuters report that former head of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Grasso, went to the FARC rebels to encourage them to invest their money in the US Stock Exchange, however, the rebels declined, wanting to keep their money in local governments, which spawned the resentment of US. According to Nico, because of the liquidity of drug trade, as most of the money goes to the US Stock Exchange, if all drug production were to cease, the US economy would collapse.
It is no secret that the CIA brought crack cocaine into the country, but how deep have we looked at the US´s continuous involvement with drug trade? The interview is sprouting legs in my mind, which means, it´s time for further investigation.
This first question catches my attention of course, because on January 11, 2008, I published article titled, Two Female Hostages Freed by Colombian FARC Rebels. This was, about the release of lawyer, Clara Rojas and political aide Consuelo Gonzalez, who had been FARC hostages for several years. Rojas, had even given birth to a son while captive.
According to Nico, the Venezuelan government is a bit sympathetic to the FARC rebels as Venezuela and Ecuador haven´t been as strict concerning FARK members crossing their borders. He also stated that Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan government is in opposition to US interests; and that Columbia is allied with the US as it fuels the US economy with the trafficking of cocaine. And when Columbia invaded Ecuador to assassinate the head of FARC; Nicaragua, Brazil, and Chile got involved against Columbia for violating Ecuador and Ecuador and Venezuela sanctioned Columbia.
Nico reveals that fighting the FARC is pushing the US agenda, because the feud is latently between Venezuela and the US. He goes on say that the US has also threatened to place Venezuela on the terrorist black list for funding 300 million dollars to FARC. Nico points out that the laptop seized by the Columbian military that was supposed to provide proof of this transaction, found nothing. He believes it to be simply trumped up charges by the US in order to justify threats made against Venezuela. Though he didn´t feel it was impossible, he believed that any eminent war or sanctions against Venezuela were improbable.
Interviewer, James Corbett, from which the Corbett Report is named after, brought up a 1999 Reuters report that former head of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Grasso, went to the FARC rebels to encourage them to invest their money in the US Stock Exchange, however, the rebels declined, wanting to keep their money in local governments, which spawned the resentment of US. According to Nico, because of the liquidity of drug trade, as most of the money goes to the US Stock Exchange, if all drug production were to cease, the US economy would collapse.
It is no secret that the CIA brought crack cocaine into the country, but how deep have we looked at the US´s continuous involvement with drug trade? The interview is sprouting legs in my mind, which means, it´s time for further investigation.