Now, the not surprising announcement might have carried some seriousness had it been pronounced without the presence of noted narco Maradona. I mean, please... if you are talking about "dignity" be dignified!!!!
So, receiving Argentina failed technician at the World Cup, famous football player and famous ex (?) drug addict Maradona, Chavez replied to the accusations by Colombia that there are at least 87 camps inside Venezuela that are or were safe haven fr FARC and ELN guerrilla. The video is from Globovision, as a rebroadcast of whatever VTV signal is since they are the only ones allowed near Chavez. Observe, for fun, even if you do not understand Spanish, the Chavez show.
Now, I am not expert on how to detect terrorist bases though I have heard with my own ears Chavez supporting the FARC (you know, the "now you see, now you don't" game). So I tend to believe that for Colombia to accuse Chavez today at the OAS means that at least half of what they showed is verifiable.
Regardless of what is true, the response is not to cut relations with Colombia. That way Chavez falls in the trap set by Uribe, reusing any international commission to visit the alleged sites to verify that the Colombian accusations are baseless. And thus, to international opinion admitting that he has something to hide. What exactly does Chavez has to hide? Who cares, he needs to hide it! Maradona playing the role of the court jester in all of this........
A new low in chavista diplomacy has been reached. Oh well....
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The BBC reports that some diplomats at the OAS were sorry that the Colombian delegate did not limit himself to the evidence and instead could not resist from criticism of Venezuelan internal matters. I mean, they are risible and worthy of criticism, but I agree, that was not the time to do so. They also observed that Chaderton, the Venezuelan OAS ambassador also preferred to criticize Uribe rather than offer any serious reply.
Tal Cual notes the lack of arguments of Chavez, limiting himself to attack Uribe ad suggest that he might be preparing a last minute aggression to Venezuela...
El Clarin of Argentina stresses that Maradona was next to Chavez....