The Ecuadorian president is victim of an international discredit campaign done by Slim and Cisneros

 

The Ecuadorian president is the victim of an international discredit campaign done by the richest men in latinamerica

 

By César Reyna

A video about Jorge Briceño Suárez, alias "Mono Jojoy," the FARC guerrilla leader, has just been released by Colombian media for the purpose of discrediting the president of Ecuador. On the tape terrorist command ensures that your organization helped finance the election campaign of Rafael Correa. The news of an alleged relationship between Correa and the FARC is not new because the Colombian government revealed the contents of the computer of Raul Reyes, a former leader of the FARC, which found several emails that mentioned payments to the campaign Correa.

The prosecution is likely to be a retaliation by the Colombian authorities since early July, an Ecuadorean judge ordered the arrest of the former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos as the architect of Operation Phoenix, which was developed in the territory of neighboring in March 2008 ended with the death of Raúl Reyes and 25 other people. The military operation was a blow to the guerrilla group and a major victory for the government of Álvaro Uribe, but that led to break relations with Ecuador.

However, after analyzing the statements of "Mono Jojoy" does not seem to have much sense financially to support the FARC Correa as a "support" could come from Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who has more resources and better way of getting large sums of money. Connect with Chávez Correa seems more logical in theory to do with the FARC if it can be tested. Not convincing that emissaries of the Ecuadorian president has moved into the thicket of the Amazon jungle to receive money from the guerrilla leaders. This hypothesis should be discarded because Chavez had better scrolls to be the "financier" of Correa.

Following the news, Lucio Gutiérrez, a former president of Ecuador, demanded the resignation of his opponent then scoring Briceño allegations as "evidence." The allegations of a criminal as Briceño not sufficient evidence to convict Correa. These should be investigated thoroughly before making a final decision. But before contrasts should verify the authenticity of the video because it could be manipulated to harm Correa. That possibility is much more feasible than the financing of the FARC because there are too many antibodies between Quito and Bogota. The enmity between the Andean countries is an element that we must keep in mind when we look at the allegations of one party or another. Must therefore be taken with tongs every "revelation" as the background is full of suspicions.



According to the daily El Pais in Spain, "the recent agreement between Colombia and the United States that the latter may use some South American country's military bases could raise tensions with neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela. "With this agreement the U.S. seeks to replace the operations conducted so far at the base of Manta in Ecuador."



But beyond the obvious differences and disagreements between the governments of Colombia and Ecuador there is a clear interference of the main groups of economic power in the onslaught against Correa. The richest men in Latin America met four months ago in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias to analyze the impact of the global financial crisis on their companies and the major social problems affecting the region. It is clear that the main problem faced in several countries of the continent is the expansion of the alternative proposed by Hugo Chávez. The ideas promoted by the Venezuelan leader posed a risk to their investments and the economic model that has placed the head of their respective companies. This danger is real because a handful of nations are implementing the 'twenty-first century socialism' to replace the corroded 'neoliberalism'.

In the event of Cartagena, as the Mexican billionaires Carlos Slim Helú or the Cuban-Venezuelan Gustavo Cisneros, one of the most affected by policies antimarket Chavez had to take containment measures to prevent the spread of Chavismo. Certainly agreed on the start of intensive media campaigns to destroy the image of socialist leaders. The aim would be to show them as unscrupulous characters to his crusade against corruption, especially in the case of Correa, lacks legitimacy. The plot information of the oligarchy in Latin America is obvious.



Unfortunately they are not alone in this task-they have been ever since, with the backing of several U.S. legislators, especially the hard wing of the Republican Party and some hawks in the Democratic Party. This can be seen easily as a few members of the Capitol endorsed the coup in Honduras. This would not be the only evidence of connections between the right and Latin American authorities as it has transcended to a report by the United States Congress in which it accused the Venezuelan government is "refusing to cooperate in fighting drug trafficking and turning Venezuela "in an international distribution center for drugs", ie a "narco".



What the report does not hold because Venezuela does not process the coca leaf or cultivated, such activities are conducted primarily in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, the first two are the best U.S. allies in South America. Besides Venezuela is an important market for the sale of narcotics because oil revenues have fallen deep (150 to $ 50 a barrel). This could add Caracas that restricts the flow of foreign currencies like the dollar, this makes it difficult laundering funds and assets derived from drug trafficking. In addition, the dominance of the Mexican cartels makes unnecessary transit of cocaine to Venezuela since the move of production facilities, with a stopover in some Central American countries before entering United States illegally.



The downgrading is part of the new strategy of the right corner and possibly topple governments-that 'abuse' of private investment. The electoral fraud perpetrated in Mexico in 2006 against Manuel López Obrador was the first indication that employers prevent reform. The failed coup against Chavez in 2002 was his first attempt, but the United States not supported at all. Three weeks ago led to the breakdown of constitutional order in Honduras to prevent the supposed rise of a president close to ALBA. It is now turn of Correa, who was attacked with a series slander and lies to deflate her popularity.