For FARC’s sake: Chavez breaks ties with Colombia

By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives July 22, 2010

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Caught red-handed right in the FARC terrorist camp, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s reaction today was to sever diplomatic ties with Colombia. Facing accusations of harboring as many as 87 FARC camps that are used to smuggle cocaine and launch terrorist attacks across the border, Chavez threw another of his signature tantrums by going on state television.

At a special meeting today of the Organization of American States, Colombia’s government had presented televised photos of a rebel commander guzzling a bottle of Venezuela’s Polar beer and other shocking evidence it said indicates the presence of as many as 1,500 FARC terrorists inside Colombia’s next door neighbour. It did not go unnoticed by Canada Free Press (CFP) friends at Bogota Free Planet (BFP) that at the very moment Chavez announced on state television that he was cutting diplomatic ties with Colombia, a grinning former Argentina soccer captain Diego Maradona was flanking Chavez. “He came on like Judas Maradona,” is how BFP put it. Macho Maradona turned to Colombia to be treated for his obesity with gastric bypass surgery in 2005. Cuba has been one of Hand-of-God World Cup goal Maradona’s homes for drug rehabilitation for his cocaine addiction. His politics can be seen by the Fidel Castro tattoo on his left leg, and in case anyone would doubt his leanings, he sports a tattoo of “fellow Argentine” Che Guevara on his right arm. More...