Uribe files complaint against Chavez before International Criminal Court

Saturday, August 7th 2010 - 06:06 UTC

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Uribe and Chavez in better times at a regional meeting

Out-going Colombian President Álvaro Uribe filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court in Rome against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for crimes against humanity that derive from the alleged harbouring of Colombian guerrilla fighters in Venezuelan soil, Uribe's lawyer, Jaime Granados, informed.

A local Colombian radio station reported that Granados said he also received instructions from Uribe to file a complaint against the Venezuelan government before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) for allowing the presence of “terrorists.”

The Colombian government showed the Organization of American States (OAS) on July 22 pictures and videos it considers as “evidence” of the presence of at least 1,500 Colombian guerrilla fighters in the neighbouring country. Among them is thought to be “Iván Márquez,” a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Uribe's administration requested an international verification committee be created, while Chávez responded on the same day by completely severing bilateral ties, which were already “frozen” since last year.

Granados informed of the complaint just as President-elect Juan Manuel Santos is to take office in a ceremony to be carried out on Saturday in Bogotá.

Categories: Politics, Latin America.

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Forgetit87
A word: I haven't seen A WORD at this website about a graveyard recently discovered graveyard at La Macarena, Colombia. At this graveyard there are anything from 400 to 2,000 unidentified corpses. Who made the graveyard isn't yet known, but it's possible that the army has something to do with it, for the graveyard is strongly reminiscent of the 'false positives' scandal. There's suspicion that Uribe is now coming forward with these FARC accusations against Venezuela in order to divert domestic and international opinion from the graveyard - and international media seem to be collaborating with him. Only some Latin American leftist news websites and blogs have discussed the matter in some length. Isn't that important enough to be reported-and investigated-by conglomerate media?
Aug 07th, 2010 - 03:17 pm 0
Liberty
1 Forgetit87 and your populist buddies:

Take your blinders off and see the light. Mr. Chavez is a criminal and dictator, like his mentor Fidel Castro, like Joseph Stalin, like Adolph Hitler, etc:

“Out-going Colombian President Álvaro Uribe filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court in Rome against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for crimes against humanity that derive from the alleged harbouring of Colombian guerrilla fighters in Venezuelan soil, Uribe's lawyer, Jaime Granados, informed”.
Aug 07th, 2010 - 03:47 pm 0
katraskin II
1-Forgetit87: that's bull shit!
Aug 07th, 2010 - 04:25 pm 0

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