SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, 3:47 P.M. ET
UPDATE: Chavez Warns Of Coup Attempt On Correa; Offers Support
CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, responding to unrest in Ecuador Thursday, said via his Twitter account that forces are aiming ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100930-714081.html
A coup attempt is underway against the government of President Rafael Correa. On Thursday morning, groups of police forces rebelled and took over key strategic sites in Quito, Ecuador's capital. President Correa immediately went to the military base occupied by the police leading the protest to work out a solution to the situation. The police protesting claimed a new law passed on Wednesday regarding public officials would reduce their benefits.
...other forces are behind the chaos, attempting to provoke a coup led by former president Lucio Guitierrez, who was impeached by popular revolt in Ecuador in 2005.
"This is a coup attempt led by Lucio Guitierrez", denounced Correa on Thursday afternoon via telephone. Correa was attacked by the police forces with tear gas. "Kill me if you need to. There will be other Correa's", said the President, addressing the police rebellion. He was hospitalized shortly after at a military hospital, which has now been taking over by coup forces. As of 1pm Thursday, police forces were attempting to access his hospital room to possibly assassinate him.
Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño called on supporters to go to the
hospital to defend Correa and prevent his assassination. Military
forces took over an air base in Quito to prevent air transit and took
over nearby streets to prevent Correa's supporters from mobilizing
towards the hospital. Other security forces took over the parliament,
preventing legislators from accessing the state institution and
causing severe chaos and violence. Thousands of supporters filled
Quito’s streets, gathering around the presidential palace, backing
Correa and rejecting the coup attempt.
At 2pm EST, the Ecuadorian government declared an emergency state.
Countries throughout the region expressed support for Correa and
condemned the destabilization. The Organization of American States in
Washington called an emergency meeting at 2:30pm EST. ALBA nations
and UNASUR are also convening.
Ecuador is a member of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA)
and a close ally of Venezuela. Last June, Honduras, a prior ALBA
member, was victim of a coup d'etat that forced President Manuel
Zelaya from power. The coup was backed by Washington. In 2002,
Venezuela was also subject to a Washington-backed coup d'etat that
briefly ousted President Chavez from power. He was returned to office
within 48 hours after millions of Venezuelans protested and defeated
the US-backed coup leaders.
Ecuador is the newest victim of destabilization in South America.
USAID channels millions annually into political groups against Correa
that could be behind the coup attempt.
More than half of the 124-member Congress are officially allied with Correa, but the president has blasted congressmen from his own Country Alliance party for not going along with his proposals for shrinking the country's bureaucracy.
Correa, a US trained economist, was first elected in 2006 promising a "citizens' revolution" aimed at increasing state control of Ecuador's natural resources and fighting what he calls the country's corrupt elite.
His government alienated international capital markets when it defaulted on $3.2 billion in global bonds two years ago. Correa described the debt as "illegitimate."
Cash has been tight since then as the country relies on multilateral loans and bilateral lending to meet its international financing obligations.
Once in power, Correa backed the rewriting of the constitution to tilt the balance of power toward the executive. He easily won re-election under the new constitution in 2009, and he is allowed to stand again in 2013.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
I have over much thought come to the conclusion these b****** that are part of the worlds largest Empire, have it all, no one can really touch them. My thoughts on the dodgy CNN reporting poking fun at Foreign Statesmen are that their actions are not driven by Greed as I previously thought but more likely Sadistic Intent. Like Ming The Merciless 'Clitus I'm bored, what plaything can you offer me today?' It's all a big game to them and they revel in others destruction. :X _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
The official labels of the govt as 'socialist' or Chavez support for him can only be based on whether auterity measures are being rammed through or not.
If they are, against the police force first as a prelude to the rest of the population, in what way are they supportable?
Has the govt renounced the foreign debt or is it using 'coup' stories as a way of justifying cuts?
The official labels of the govt as 'socialist' or Chavez support for him can only be based on whether auterity measures are being rammed through or not.
If they are, against the police force first as a prelude to the rest of the population, in what way are they supportable?
Has the govt renounced the foreign debt or is it using 'coup' stories as a way of justifying cuts?
Only CNN so far that I've seen seem to be using the riots due to Austerity measures tag.
Good Q's though, maybe time will tell?
Everyone else even the Beeb this morning (I guess UK has little interest to be gained in South America ) bless them say the riots were government supporters showing support for the besieged president. _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Wilpert: Right-wing forces use recession, President Correa’s faltering popularity to launch failed coup
Gregory Wilpert is a sociologist, freelance journalist, editor of Venezuelanalysis.com, and author of the recently published book, Changing Venezuela by Taking Power.
Go to Dandelion Salad for videos _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
... ...In fact, Washington's fingerprints are on another attempt against a Latin leader, some (not all) of whose policies fall short of neoliberal extremism.
A tipoff was State Department spokesman, Phillip Crowley, saying we're "monitoring (not denouncing) the situation," much like it refused to condemn Zelaya's ouster, instead calling on "all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law, and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter." Most other Latin states demanded his "immediate and unconditional return," whether or not they meant it.
Washington opposes Correa for Ecuador's ties to Hugo Chavez and Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) membership, a WTO/NAFTA alternative based on principles of:
-- complementarity, not competition;
-- cooperation, not exploitation; and
-- respect for each nation's sovereignty, free from corporate and outside control.
Though falling short of these goals, ALBA nations, in principle, pledged:
-- to benefit and empower their citizens;
-- provide essential goods and services; and
-- achieve real grassroots economic growth to improve the lives of ordinary people and reduce poverty.
ALBA membership, however, signals opposition to US hegemony, especially its neoliberal model, dominance, dismissiveness, and one-way trade deals for the Global North over the South, the curse Latin states have endured for decades, besides earlier US-sponsored coups and belligerency. ... ...
'They' will never give up until they are made to give up - simple as that. _________________ "We will lead every revolution against us!" - attrib: Theodor Herzl
"Timely Demise to All Oppressors - at their Convenience!" - 'Interesting Times', Terry Pratchett
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject:
@ Thermate:
'Most other Latin states demanded his "immediate and unconditional return," whether or not they meant it.'
One country leader that sure as hell did not mean it was President Santos (Uribe if above refers to Honduras) of Colombia, the US poxy (sorry, 'proxy'!) in the region. _________________ 'And he (the devil) said to him: To thee will I give all this power, and the glory of them; for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them'. Luke IV 5-7.
Host of the program Alo Ciudadano (Hello Citizen) on Venezuelan opposition television station Globovision, Nitu Perez, said the attacks on TV Ecuador were just the reactions of a “group of annoyed people” and, “it needs to be understood that these things happen when all the democratic means for expression are shut down”, AVN reported.
_________________ "We will lead every revolution against us!" - attrib: Theodor Herzl
"Timely Demise to All Oppressors - at their Convenience!" - 'Interesting Times', Terry Pratchett
What puzzles me most about this latest failed US State Dept fantasy is how little 'accent' western MSM has placed on the fact that the coup was started by the police rather than the military.
Is this a precursor for tooled up cops everywhere morphing into independent militias at the whim of the hyper-rich?
Is this now the time to disarm the NWO's police everywhere before they start doing Xe type damage?
Perhaps some of you 'Trustworthy Terrorists' here could enlighten us further? ;-) _________________ "We will lead every revolution against us!" - attrib: Theodor Herzl
"Timely Demise to All Oppressors - at their Convenience!" - 'Interesting Times', Terry Pratchett
Is this a precursor for tooled up cops everywhere morphing into independent militias at the whim of the hyper-rich?
Is this now the time to disarm the NWO's police everywhere before they start doing Xe type damage?
Perhaps some of you 'Trustworthy Terrorists' here could enlighten us further?
Many parasites from the royals, to celebrities, to politicians have one or two publically paid police to look after them even when they could fund it themselves. They can cut whatever dodgy deal is available and hide behind the mantra of 'security' or 'terrorism' and be defended in public.
That is another reason why there aren't many coppers on the beat, they are opening limousine doors for the 'unemployed' rich....
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