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In order to achieve the destruction of socialism in Yugoslavia, Western
powers pursued a "divide and conquer" strategy, encouraging
the piecemeal breakup of the country. Could the same plan be in the works
for Venezuela? Could
be:
President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of attempting to foment the
secession of an oil-rich region in western Venezuela on Sunday and demanded
independence for the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.
Chavez said U.S. officials were working behind the scenes with the governor
of Zulia state, which is home to much of Venezuela's all-important oil industry,
to create a secession movement loyal to U.S. interests.
Of course the U.S. denies involvement. Sort
of:
The head of the ruling MVR party, William Lara, has accused the U.S. Ambassador
to Venezuela, William Brownfield, of meeting with the group. But the U.S.
embassy in Caracas told the Daily Journal newspaper there is no record
of such a meeting.
That's because they don't keep records of meetings like that.
The Venezuelan people are not
standing still, as you might expect:
Broad sectors of Venezuelan society began mobilizing today to express their
disapproval of secession plans by the wealthy state of Zulia, believed to
be part of U.S. interventionist designs.
Apparently, a group called Rumbo Propio is planning to organize a referendum
that would propose the establishment of the Republic of Zulia, with its own
president and constitution, and a system of "liberal capitalism."
I'm sure you're shocked by the last bit of news, right? Yeah, "liberal
capitalism," that's the ticket. The Venezuelan people, and the rest of
Latin America, have done so well under that system.
