"Murderer" - Protests in Bogota against Capriles. Venezuela to recall peace envoy

[Catherina]

Wednesday, 29/05/2013 7:56 PM | Printable version






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With placards accusing Capriles of being a murderer, many people, including Venezuelans living in New Granada expressed dissatisfaction with the visit of the former presidential candidate.

Capriles, who in the words of Julio Borges, "walked like a king" down the Bogota streets, went to Colombia and, in an act that has drawn protests and controversy, was received by President Santos.

It can't have escaped Santos and his advisers that they're receiving a common citizen, legally speaking, but a citizen who caused deaths and losses in Venezuela.

The protests continued even after the Santos-Capriles meeting.

http://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n229838.html

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qpi068p5jrLNJG8dsJ4uqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MzAwO2NyPTE7Y3c9NDUwO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0zMDA7cT04NTt3PTQ1MA--/
Reuters/Reuters - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (R) shakes hands with Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles during a visit at the Narino presidential house in Bogota May 29, 2013.

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"Colombia must clarify if the government is with Capriles' coup intentions, or with the people of Venezuela and with the legitimate, sovereign and constitutional government of comrade Nicolas Maduro," Cabello told state media.

"President Santos is putting a bomb in the good relations that President Chavez urged so much ... He is receiving a murderer, a fascist right there in his palace."

Colombia is a major U.S. ally and the government before Santos had dire relations with Chavez's administration.

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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua echoed Cabello's criticisms and said the country's envoy to Colombia's peace talks in Cuba, Roy Chaderton, would be recalled in protest.

"I deeply regret that President Santos has taken a step that is going to lead, in a painful way, to the derailment of the good relations we had," he told reporters.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-colombias-meeting-opposition-leader-hurt-ties-232553693.html

[Demeter]

1. Oh, the stupidity of becoming an American puppet

oh when will they ever learn?

[Socialistlemur]

2. The "murderer" claim appears to be part of a smear campaign

I do wonder, who organizes these "protests"? It seems to be part of an agitprop campaign to smear Capriles. And the audience is English speaking, isn't it? I mention this because the Venezuelan public is fully aware of the situation....if Capriles were a murderer the government would hit him with the kitchen sink. Seeing the comments by bloggers who sympathize with the Maduro government, one has to conclude Capriles is really bugging the system. I on the other hand see this as a good development because the Maduro government needs to become much more mature in the way it handles international relations, crime, and the economy. The complaint by the Venezuelans about this meeting enhances Capriles' status. And if the smear campaign didn't exist, there wouldn't be anything bringing his name out in the open in these blogs.

[joshcryer]

5. Correct. If he is a murderer charge him.

Not doing so is gross incompetence, which is par for the course for chavistas.

[DetlefK]

3. Why is there no mention, where this "murderer"-charge comes from?

[mecherosegarden]

4. And I saw this

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669811459702847&set=a.669811349702858.1073742487.113048215379177&type=3&theater


and this

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669811843036142&set=a.669811349702858.1073742487.113048215379177&type=3&theater