Álvaro Uribe criticizes Lula's stance on diplomatic crisis

[Judi Lynn]

CARACAS, Thursday July 29, 2010
The Brazilian president described the situation as personal matter
Álvaro Uribe criticizes Lula's stance on diplomatic crisis
The Colombian president regretted that his Brazilian counterpart has ignored the threat posed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to his country


Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe said on Thursday that he "deplores" the fact that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described the crisis between Colombia and Venezuela "personal matter," and that Lula is ignoring the "threat" that the presence of Colombia guerrillas deployed in Venezuelan territory represents.

"President Lula is overlooking our efforts to seek solutions based on dialogue. With all due respect for President Lula and the Brazilian government, we repeat that the only solution accepted by Colombia is that the presence of the FARC and ELN (National Liberation Army) terrorists in Venezuelan territory can not be allowed," said Uribe in a statement, as reported by AFP.

Uribe's remarks came in response to Lula's claims on on Wednesday that he planned to talk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Uribe and president-elect Juan Manuel Santos to help ease tensions between Colombia and Venezuela after the rupture of relations.

The Brazilian president is expected to visit Chávez in Caracas next August 6. The following day he is expected to attend the inauguration of Santos.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/07/29/en_pol_esp_alvaro-uribe-critici_29A4266613.shtml
Opposition newspaper

[rabs]

1. Unasur session about to begin in minutes

Live coverage here

http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/canal/senalenvivo.php

but it looks like it is closed meeting, but may open up to TV later. Session scheduled to last four hours.

Venezuela to propose peace plan, which has been rejected by Colombia.

Colombian foreign minister has said he expects no results from the session.

Photo session beginning now.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Just got there in time to see State Department Philip Crowley, a grisley spectacle!

Thanks for the alert, and the link. :hi:

[rabs]

3. Session still closed to live TV

Hope it opens up soon.

Btw, Telesur has a TV team in Arizona. They just reported that several people have chained themselves to Arpaio's jail grounds.

[Judi Lynn]

4. That's a nice switch, seeing Venezuelan tv teams covering U.S.A. stories.

Another very cool achievement of the Chavez administration: getting Venezuela's very first satellite, and giving space on it to Uruguay, too, and Telesur.

Have heard there's a lot of interest in that Arizona atrocity among Latin American countries. It says a lot about certain parts of this country, unfortuntely.

[bemildred]

5. Hey moron, get FARC and ELN out of your territory, and then we'll talk about other people.

What an asshole.

[Wilms]

6. Just the other day, Uribe was apologizing for making a mess of relations with neighbors.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x39128

Now he's making more of a mess with neighbors.

This is for Uribe and the Latin American Teabagger Sympathizer Corp.