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| Colombia accuses Chavez of "crimes against humanity" |
| 2010-08-08 |
| A politically connected Bogota lawyer said he has filed an international suit charging Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with 'crimes against humanity' for alleged support of Colombian guerrillas. This will go precisely nowhere, at at dead slow speed... Jaime Granados, personal attorney for outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, filed the claim with the International Criminal Court at The Hague, alleging evidence of guerrilla camps in Venezuelan territory. Such evidence when the perp is a commie is ignored, obfuscated, or reinterpreted -- usually to be the fault of the U.S. Granados claimed that Uribe, an arch-foe of Chavez, was not behind the lawsuit, but would be called as a witness. Doesn't matter. I heard a lefty talk show guy just a month or two ago telling his audience about Uribe's "human rights violations." It doesn't matter what you do, it's which side you're on. He said he filed the case on behalf of victims of guerrilla attacks near the common border. Granados said he had also denounced Venezuela to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. That showed him, by Gum! The lawyer announced the moves just before Uribe's successor, president-elect Juan Manuel Santos, was to assume office Saturday. Colombia had denounced Venezuela before the Organization of American States on July 22, presenting alleged photographic evidence in Venezuela of 1,500 combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, including a senior commander called Ivan Marquez. Uribe's administration called for an international investigation, prompting Chavez to break off all diplomatic relations. Uribe then ordered Colombian Attorney General Guillermo Mendoza to prepare a case to be filed in the International Criminal Court. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Hugo is a crime against humanity. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-08 15:43 |
| #1 tHugo doth protest too much. |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-08-08 04:38 |