George W. Bush and the neocons are escalating the infiltration of Venezuela

by Bob Chapman
US Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte is an expert in sycho-political warfare in which anything goes.

He says Venezuela’s President is a radical populist who shows little respect for John’s version of democratic institutions, who repress the opposition and freedom of the press.

That is the height of hypocrisy.

Recently Venezuelan security police found nearly 5 pounds of C-4 explosives, ten electronic detonators, and four fragmentary grenades and has detained three police officers and one active national guardsman. Those explosives could destroy a 20-story building. We are told that US Special Forces already have severed command and control operations being carried out with Colombian paramilitary forces inside Venezuela.

* The Green Berets run the show and the Colombians do the assassinations, kidnappings and drug and arms trafficking.

We have to laugh when the US and its NGOs and foundations call Venezuela’s government authoritarian when what we have in Washington is a corporatist fascist government bent on being a dictatorial imperial power. George and the neocons are escalating the infiltration of Venezuela. They are still serious about overthrowing their government.

On his weekly radio show, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias said the US is trying to incite rebellion in western Venezuela. He said CIA operatives were working with the governor of Zulia State, Manuel Rosales, to attempt secession.

Zulia contains the country’s refining operations ... Rosales has been very vocally opposed to Mr. Chavez and is a long-standing political enemy.

Mr. Chavez has called for employees of the PDVSA to join the National Guard because the US is planning an invasion of the country ... he wants PDVSA to form three military divisions that can be called upon to repeal US invaders or to move against or neutralize Governor Rosales.

Venezuela’s unemployment rate dropped 2.6% in January y-o-y to 12.9%.