11-11-2009, 05:48 AM
According to the CIA World Factbook (each fact stamped with the seal of integrity), Uribe in Colombia has to face an election in May next year, which might make the timing of this provocative deal with the US on military bases an interesting coincidence, although Uribe did get 62% of the vote last time.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...os/co.html
It looks like the time is right for the US to get Chavez at last. Brazil won't like this prospect on their border, since their economy has been growing, along with their trade with Venezuela, and Rio has just been awarded the 2016 Olympics. This won't sway the US oil interests. It's not the bad things he says about the US and Israel, although they are annoying, its about all that black gold. This Chavez character charges higher royalties, the communist bastard.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications...os/co.html
It looks like the time is right for the US to get Chavez at last. Brazil won't like this prospect on their border, since their economy has been growing, along with their trade with Venezuela, and Rio has just been awarded the 2016 Olympics. This won't sway the US oil interests. It's not the bad things he says about the US and Israel, although they are annoying, its about all that black gold. This Chavez character charges higher royalties, the communist bastard.