Meanwhile in Venezuela

Prepare for invasion....

British Ambassador Lamont was told of the latest threats to his embassy's security by top Metropolitan Police executives who are politically aligned with and under the overall command of anti-Chavez Metropolitan Mayor Alfredo Pena, raising suspicions that the scare is a politically-motivated ruse attempting to link the Chavez Frias government yet again to unsubstantiated links with Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda and international terrorist groupings.

Last February, two separate bombings -- at the Spanish Embassy and the Colombian Consulate in Caracas -- were linked directly to rebel military officers holed up at the Plaza Altamira 'Rebellion HQ' where four soldiers were also brutally executed by the rebels on the mere suspicion that they were government informers. Four officers, who have been clearly identified as the perpetrators of the bombings, escaped to southern Florida where they are being sought in Interpol arrest warrants to be returned to face justice. Meanwhile they have applied for political asylum in the United States claiming persecution by Venezuelan law enforcement officers.  article

Bush had meetings at the Americas Summit in Mexico recently with just about everyone except Chavez. How I would love to see a meeting between those two. Chavez would eat him alive and spit out the bones. All the Oaf of Office can do is spout threats behind the skirts of his yes-men and paid security officers. Warning Latin Americans, warning Cuba about "interfering" in the affairs of Américan countries, and telling Venezuela's neighbors to carry the warning to Chavez. As if Chavez weren't keenly aware of Bush's threats.

US President George W. Bush has sent a clear warning to anti-democratic rebels in Venezuela, asking Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner to advise the Venezuelan government that the United States will not stand idly by and accept electoral fraud in any eventual revocatory referendum against President Hugo Chavez Frias.  article

There are some countries who have gotten just a little bit sick of being manipulated and threatened by the United States. The uprisings amongst native populations who have been pushed to the breaking point is swelling into a great movement for independence and justice, and true democracy. I think Mr. Chowderhead's ignorance about anything outside his bubble, and his profiteering puppeteers are "misunderestimating" the situation south of us.

More on Venezuela

Also, as a follow-up to my post on Venezuela's decriminalization of drug use, there seems to be some confusion. I got the news from Al Giordano, who seems to have the proverbial finger on the pulse of South American events (he's actually there, which helps). Subsequently, I came across this article that talks about what might happen, and apparently Al is defending his position over on his blog.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.