BOREV: Colombia - "Meet Zulema Jattin! Senator, Terrorist, Drama Queen

[magbana]

http://www.borev.net/2009/05/uribes_senator_ladyfriend_arre.html

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This all bodes pretty badly for Uribe, which is the immediate reason why the Congressional vote on his reelection was suspended yesterday. But you wouldn't know that from reading this AP article, which only mentions the other four explosive death-scandals Alvaro is currently dealing with. Best. Ally. Ever

[rabs]

1. Zulema has been big, big news in Colombia the past few days

but I had no idea the U.S. media had not picked up on it. A juicy story indeed. Thanks for posting and tell Revolter he has a delicious way with words !!

Btw, make a note of May 19. That is when defense minister Santos will either resign or stay on as defense chief.

If he resigns, likely means Uribe's push to run for re-re-election has been defeated. If Santos stays on, likely Uribe will try for a third term with a Hugo-style referendum.

[Peace Patriot]

2. If Santos resigns as Defense Minister, does that mean he's going to...ahem...run for president

(i.e., deploy the death squads to kill, torture, disappear and intimidate leftist voters)?

I fear that that may be the result of the Uribe scandals, and I wonder if that may be a Rumsfeld (corpo/fascist) strategy, to abandon the remnants of civilian control in Colombia, and install a military dictatorship, headed by Santos. Santos is very ambitious, and very arrogant much like Rumsfeld (whom I believe is still involved in plotting and war planning in South America, on behalf of Exxon Mobil & brethren). Santos is ruthless, cold-blooded, and eager for more U.S. "war on drugs" farce billions. Uribe is a dirtbag and has benefited from the 'extrajudicial murder' of thousands, but Santos would be worse--much worse. The courts (and its prosecutors) and the congress might be shut down altogether, and internal political critics would not just be spied upon; they would be put up against a wall and shot.

Colombia was clearly the Rumsfeld "lily pad" country for launching an oil war in South America. There is evidence that the bombing/raid on Ecuador in March '08 was orchestrated from the U.S. Embassy "war room" in Bogota. Several assassination plots against Venezuela's President Chavez have been hatched in Colombia (one of them within the military--a plot for which Uribe had to formally apologize to Hugo Chavez). Colombia is the recipient of $6 BILLION in U.S. military aid, for continuing the cocaine traffic that funds fascist causes throughout Latin America, and helps to destabilize democratic countries. And I have little doubt that Rumsfeld's "Office of Special Plans"-in-exile concocted a number of plots, including the FARC "miracle laptop" (used to accuse the leftist presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador of being "terrorist lovers") and that absurd plot, out of Miami (with the Bushwhack U.S. attorney involved), about the "suitcase full of money" that a Miamian named "Guido" (two Jaguars in the driveway) claimed was intended for the presidential campaign of leftist Cristina Fernandez in Argentina, from Chavez. Silly as that was, it has been part of a relentless campaign to sully and demonize Chavez, whom the Bushwhacks tried, time and again, to topple. And the ONLY reason for those the Bushwhack plots was their lust for control of Venezuela's oil. The same with their plots against Ecuador. Both countries are members of OPEC, have huge oil reserves and now have leadership that is using the oil profits to benefit the poor. Rumsfeld was denied his great prize of Iran. Is he still involved and determined to grab the oil in South America as a consolation prize? And, if not Rumsfeld, is this someone else's dirty rotten scheme?

Colombia is a festering cauldron of evil, surrounded by countries with good leftist leadership. It is a dinosaur, but it is still capable of causing mayhem--a Rumsfeld signature. This, I believe, is why Chavez and others (including Michele Batchelet of Chile) have tried to maintain friendly relations with Uribe--to bolster civilian control of Colombia, in fear of a Santos military dictatorship. So, I am uneasy about the Uribe scandals--and of two minds about them. Of course he's dirty. Of course he's a rat. Of course I would like to see real democracy and real leadership in Colombia and an end to their 40+ year civil war, an end to their putrid drug/weapons traffic, exposure and an end to the death squad killings, and an end to U.S. military funding. But I am uneasy. I see these twisted kinds of fascist strategies controlling the media, for instance, with Cheney all over TV defending torture--and treated with 'elder statesman' respect--and Nancy Pelosi the one who is pilloried on that issue. This may be part of a long-term corpo/fascist scheme to blame Obama and "the liberals" for all our ills, and to Diebold the next nazi regime into office in 2012. Are the Uribe scandals--and their reportage in the U.S corpo/fascist media--part of a narrative that is being created to support a fascist military coup in Colombia? At the least, I can't help but think that Santos is grinning like a loon with every scandalous arrow that hits Uribe. And even The Economist has gone after Uribe on his effort to re-write the law to run for president again. They say he threatens to become an "autocrat." But when did they--or any of the corpo/fascist press--ever give a fuck about rightwing "autocrats"? Never! So what's with that?

Not that Uribe is innocent (or Pelosi). But who are the deciders? Who are the master criminals? Most of the evil in Colombia is coming out of the U.S.-funded Colombian military--Santos' seat of power. It seems awfully convenient for the highly ambitious Santos to have Uribe awash in scandal--deserved as it is. Is Santos covertly feeding it? I just wonder. I'm trying to think "big picture."

[Judi Lynn]

3. Thanks, magbana, and thanks to Borev.net for the latest on this critter. What a creepy circus. n/t