COLOMBIA

‘A Devastating Blow’

Colombia's hostage rescue signals the end of the FARC's fight against Bogota, says a Latin American analyst

By Katie Paul | Newsweek Web Exclusive

Jul 3, 2008 | Updated: 6:03 p.m. ET Jul 3, 2008

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Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 07/08/2008 3:33:58 PM

Comment: Strange,is it not,that the liberal press,[including NEWSWEAK],is sitting on a letter penned to a FARC go-between [Colombian senator Cordoba,who is under investigation by the Colombian AG for her FARC sympathies], while she was in Caracas visiting Hugo Chavez,by Nancy Pelosi[D-Ca] ,who did two things on Dec.11,2007.

First,entreat Reyes[FARC foreign ''minister''] and Marquez [FARC/Chavez liason],to stall any negotiations for a release of the hostages until Obama had become president. Second,in order to further this request and to add veracity to her letter,Pelosi offers to send radical leftwinged congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts to meet with the FARC leaders [who refer to McGovern and another man named ''Tucker''as ''the Gringos'' in internal communcations between Marquez,Reyes[who was later captured by Colombian forces], and Cordoba where ''Pelosi''is specifically mentioned thanks to the seizure of a laptop computer at the time of Reyes capture]. This letter is now in the hands of the US State Dept. As it stands,Pelosi,and Mc Govern as both are American elected officials,are guilty of a violation of the Logan Act and as such,appear to be prime candidates for a House ethics hearing which will never occur anyway as this house is under Democrat control. It now appears that Pelosi was trying to concoct an ''October Surprise''of her own,with a recognized terrorist organization.

www.instapundit.com July 08,2008:''A FARC/Obama Connection?''

The Wall St. Journal July 07,2008:''FARCs ''Human Rights''Friends''.
Posted By: concernedColombian@gmail.com @ 07/07/2008 5:29:22 PM

Comment: Since there is no edit feature, I just wanted to point something out. That's "murderous drug traffickers" not "murdering drug traffickers". That should solve any confusion...
Posted By: concernedColombian@gmail.com @ 07/07/2008 5:23:35 PM

Comment: Kadidlehopper, you seem like a naive, brainwashed kid who is as misinformed about the FARC as you are weak-minded. The FARC are not mostly indigenous fighters, they are murdering drug traffickers who secure their income through extortions, kidnappings, and the drug trade. They stopped fighting for the "have nots" a long time ago, and are only interested now in lining their pockets and taking the power by force (God knows what they???d do if they ever got it). Had they really been interested in peace they would've made something of the peace process initiated by President Pastrana about eight years ago. They would have tried to build a better Colombia. Instead, their legacy is one of bloodshed, tears and misery. Don't forget the penchant these "indigenous fighters" have for land mines, leaving hundreds of mutilated and disabled children every year.

Seeing as how you don't even know how to spell "Correa" (as in the President of Ecuador) I'm gonna take a gamble and say your Spanish is very poor to non-existent. And, by extension, that you're not Latin American and are further removed from the conflict so your knowledge of it is even less. None of those "Misters" you mentioned deserve being called that, save perhaps for Correa who seems more misguided and immature than amoral (though that doesn't excuse his childish behavior as of late). Do everyone a favor and really learn about the FARC and the atrocities they commit before continuing to be a mindless chatterbox for terrorists...you DO realize the FARC is considered to be a terrorist group by the US and the European Union, right?
Posted By: isragonza123 @ 07/05/2008 6:49:36 AM

Comment: dear 'kadidlehopper' ... ColOmbia, not ColUmbia ... it shows how much you really 'know' about Latin America ... can't even spell the name of a country right ?! ... Do you happen to know the name of Paraguay's capital? I would say NO...
'indigenous fighters' = drug dealers and terrorists ... ... all the misters you mentioned (forgot 'Mr' Ortega) are the 'jewels' of Latin America ... I come from a REAL Colombian peasant farm family ... and I know better about 'your angels': murderers and just plain criminals, some of them abducted by force when kids to ???serve??? FARC ... I lost members of my family ... killed by 'your' FARC & ELN ... YOU ARE IN THE FRINGES OF DECENT SOCIETY! ... .... oh, and the US is so loaded with all the riches taken from Latin America that in the US nobody pays taxes, right? ... ... keep on biting your own elbows sir/madam or whatever you are ... according to you, Betancourt and the other hostages should be still be held by FARC ... ... maybe you should join the 'indigenous' FARC in their hideouts (if you're not already there) and help them 'win the war vs the US' .. ... Pitiful that you choose this news of people been liberated from these 'indigenous angels' to 'preach' and 'make us aware' of the 'US evil' ... ... not many followers, right? ... nor enough naiveté???s who will 'take up arms', right? .... are you sure your real name is not 'mono jojoy'? ... PATHETIC! ??? in ColOmbia, the FARC are also hated by the many indigenous tribes as well ??? unlike you, I know this firsthand, and ???I haven???t been coached by the US??? ??? practically everybody in ColOmbia HATES your beloved FARC, nearly 40 million people, rich and poor, whites, blacks, Amerindians and all in-between ??? perhaps because all ColOmbians would like nothing better than be ???robbed by the US???? ???. ColOmbians pay lots of taxes in ColOmbia (including savings accounts) to fund most of this REAL WAR AGAINST your beloved ???angels and saviors???, and ColOmbians don???t even complain about it, knowing that that is the price to pay to be able to diminish the possibility of being kidnapped by FARC (even if your only capital is a cow) ??? WISE UP farco-terrorist.
Posted By: kadidlehopper @ 07/05/2008 4:51:46 AM

Comment: FARC is mostly indigenous fighters, people that traditionally have always been on the fringes of the have nots in Latin America somewhat as the Mexican Indians in Southern Mexico.
THese movements were formed because of the dire proverty and mistreatment by the white haves, indeed this is what brought Mr. Chavez, Mr. Morales and Mr. Carrea to power, men that basically have come from the have nots. The rightist death squads in Columbia were and are militias hired by these landowners and wealthy haves to keep these indigenous peoples under subjection.
The Europeand whites have traditionally owned the vast wealth of Latin America and given the US carta blanc to rape thier countries resources for a percentage. How else can you explain Venezuela's former Oil Oligarchy owning 256 Boeing 727's to move oil execs around the country.
The subjects of the Columbia's death squads are the people that have fled to the FARC and laying down arms in the past has cost them thier lives, Should they lay them down again in hopes for better treatment. A gun usually ensures humane treatment and respect as a human being and an individual so armed is much more difficult to rob.
Explains why the US puts literally trillions of dollars in the most advanced armaments to ensure they can rob successfully!
The United States now moves to split Bolivia by aiding and abetting these whites that control the gas rich provinces to secede from Bolivia because the indigenous peoples now have a president that represents them also.