Eva Golinger / Venezuela Electronic News
Venezuelanalysis.com
correspondent Eva Golinger writes that the US press is not reporting on the
contradictory actions of the Bush administration when it comes to dealing with
Venezuela and its progressive, democratically-elected president Hugo Chavez Frias.
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/230104friendlyterrorists.html
As Bush continues to increase his
defense budget by billions and justifies unwarranted aggression and violence
against other nations as part of his 'war against terror, the US Department of
Homeland Security looks the other way as terrorists flood through the arrival
gates in Miami.
The US Citizenship & Immigration Services ... the division of the Department
of Homeland Security that handles asylum petitions and immigration matters ...
is currently considering asylum applications filed by two terror suspects
fleeing from justice in Venezuela. An Interpol alert has been issued for the
two rebel military officers who are suspects in the terrorist attacks against
the Spanish Embassy and Consulate of Colombia in Caracas last February.
Major newspapers in the US are not reporting that Venezuelan military rebels
and suspected terrorists Jose Antonio Colina and German Varela may very well
soon be lawful permanent US residents ... shacked up in the safe-haven of Miami
... along with fellow fugitive from justice, Carlos Fernandez -- one of the
leaders of a business lock-out and sabotage of Venezuela's oil industry which
caused $10 billion in losses last year ... who is also awaiting his asylum
hearing. Varela and Colina are part of a group of military officers who have
sought to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
The US media's conduct comes as no surprise as The New York Times, The
Chicago Tribune, Newsday and the Washington Post cheered on a
short-lived coup d'etat against Chavez Frias in 2002.
Some of them later apologized when the pro-US dictator was forced to step down
by mass mobilizations and Chavez returned to power.
But how can President Bush claim to be fighting a war against terrorism and, at
the same time, welcome terror suspects and coup leaders conspiring against
democratic governments with open arms?
Write a brief letter to the editor of one of these newspapers, and let
them know that they're failing the public by ignoring this news:
For more information on this story and others related to the Bush
administration's attempts to undermine democracy in Venezuela, see http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/antichavezterror/