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Wednesday, June 15. 2005

 
Venezuela's National Guard and Army to collide
 
The Devil's Excrement Today, local newspaper El Nacional reported that "the professional troop" which is composed of the soldiers from Sergeant down of the ninth command of the national guard in Amazonas State had taken over the command center as a way of giving support to the national guardsmen of the CORE-8 in Bolivar State which had been deactivated and who claimed they have been abused and humiliated by the Army.
Daniel has the low down on the Castro visit:
Then the traditional military parade of June 24 was suspended. Assassination attempt in the air. Let's look at this with more detail. Carabobo is our Yorktown, our Trafalgar, our Austerlitz. Every year the National Monument is the site for a major parade. One year even Chavez considered reenacting the battle but was dissuaded not to do it when the difficulty and costs revealed to be more than expected. So, why suspend the parade now that Chavez is supposedly on the peak of his power, when 70% of the population loves him (according to chavista poll interpretation)?
Mystery and Intrigue in Venezuela's Army and Castro gossip | www.vcrisis.com
 Quizás valga aquí parafrasear la famosa expresión napoleónica:
esto de darle el nombre de Fidel a una promoción de oficiales venezolanos más que un error es una verdadera estupidez.
 translation-perhaps it is valuable to paraphrase the Napoleonic expression: Giving Fidel the opportunity to promote the graduating officers of Venezuela is more than an error it is true stupidity.
 
 
Bolivian Indians demanding representation and it's about time. 
More on theh Bolivian uprising leading to the fall of a President
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