Elite Colombian soldiers guilty of killing civilian

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BBC News

11 October 2010 Last updated at 22:49
Elite Colombian soldiers guilty of killing civilian

A court in Colombia has found seven members of an elite anti-kidnapping squad guilty of killing a civilian and saying he was a left-wing guerrilla.

The soldiers claimed they had killed Eduardo Perez Vega in combat in the eastern province of Casanare in 2007. They then said he was a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

The incident was one of hundreds of so-called "false-positive" cases, which were used by the Colombian military and police to inflate their successes.

Thousands of people are believed to have been killed in such extrajudicial executions, which started to come to light during the tenure of former President Alvaro Uribe.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11520225

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2. Disgusting. And only the tip of the iceberg of the fallout from Corporate Dominance

These puppet governments that swear fealty to the almighty Corporation and kill their own citizens to maintain Corporate Dominance in the region are guilty of untold numbers of deaths. It is also the primary reason for the poverty in central and south america. If it were in the best interests of our corporations that those countries modernize and prosper, they would have done so already.

When will we wake up and see that the Capitalistas are responsible for more death and destruction than Hitler and Stalin combined! It is not too late to take them to jail. We have the numbers! We have the power! Jail the CEOs and the rich. Protect Democracy!

[Judi Lynn]

3. Morales: Colombia safe from US attack

Morales: Colombia safe from US attack
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 07:05 Manuela Kuehr

The Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday said that Colombia and Peru are safe from Washington-backed coups because they are allied with the U.S., reports EPA.

"Now in this new millennium, history is repeating itself. I am convinced that the United States will not attack Colombia or Peru because we know of what tendencies their presidents and governments are," said the Bolivian president.

In a ceremony in the north of Bolivia, Morales said that in the past, the United States has only supported coup-d'etats against leftist Latin American governments that try "to recuperate their natural resources."

Morales accused the United States of promoting coup-d'etats in Venezuela in 2002, in Bolivia 2008, in Honduras 2009, and in Ecuador in September. The Bolivian president and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, have accused the U.S. of being behind the unrest in Ecuador on September 30, in which violent protests kept President Correa trapped in a hospital for several hours.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12321-morales-colombia-and-peru-safe-from-us-attacks.html