>From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >www.timesofindia.com/today/09amrc13.htm > >Chavez slams US military aid to Colombia >UNITED NATIONS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez >slammed U.S. military aid to Colombia on Thursday, >saying more guns will not bring peace to his >violence-ravaged South American neighbor. > >The left-leaning Venezuelan leader also took a swipe >at U.N. sanctions against Iraq and the >four-decades-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. > >"The only solution for Colombia is peace. Sending >helicopter gunships to Colombia will not achieve >peace," Chavez said at a news conference at the U.N. >Millennium Summit. > >While he did not mention the United States by name, >Chavez repeated Venezuela's concern about the >"military component" in a planned drive against drug >plantations protected by guerrillas in southern >Colombia. > >Washington has stepped up aid to Colombia with a $1.3 >billion package that mainly consists of military >training and helicopters for Colombian army battalions >to be deployed in the offensive. > >Chavez denied he had ties to Colombia's Marxist >rebels, but said he has facilitated talks between the >Colombian government and one guerrilla group in >Venezuela, the United States's main supplier of oil. > >The Venezuelan leader, who chaired a round table on >U.N. reforms attended by Cuban president Fidel Castro >and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareeq Aziz, called >for reform of the U.N. Security Council to end the >veto power monopoly of its five permanent members. > >Chavez, a former paratroop commander, swept to power >on a wave of popularity several years after leading a >failed coup, called for an end to the use of economic >sanctions. > >"That's enough of the blockade against Iraq. That's >enough of the blockade against Cuba," he said. (Reuters) > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Save your company time and money with Headlight.com! >-Access courses from any Internet-enabled computer, at whatever time >fits your schedule >-Save 75%-90% compared to traditional classroom solutions. >-Choose from 1,500 courses (Business, IT, desktop applications, etc.) >Click here! >http://on.linkexchange.com/?ATID=27&AID=1668 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
