8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (3)
#5013327 at 2019-02-03 15:05:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6401: Football Has Become Soft Edition
Colombian rebel dissident leader killed in military operation
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian rebel leader who refused to demobilize under a 2016 peace deal with the government was killed by the armed forces on Saturday, President Ivan Duque said.
The man, known by his nom de guerre Rodrigo Cadete, was a top member of a faction of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who refused to adhere to the peace agreement.
"Today in a seamless operation the criminal known as Rodrigo Cadete, one of the most feared figures of terrorism in our country, was neutralized," Duque said at an event in the city of Manizales.
Defence Minister Guillermo Botero said at the same event that Cadete had been bringing together dissidents to form a new group and that nine other guerrilla fighters were killed and others captured.
The dissidents have an estimated 1,800 combatants spread across about 30 units.
Some 13,000 FARC members, including 6,000 combatants, demobilized under the peace accord. The group is now a political party, with 10 seats in Congress guaranteed through 2026.
https://intnet.org/2019/02/02/colombian-rebel-dissident-leader-killed-in-military-operation/
#4941217 at 2019-01-28 19:51:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6308: Learning to Code Edition
VENEZUELA'S ARMY DEPLOYS REINFORCEMENTS NEAR COLOMBIAN BORDER IN FEARS OF US INTERVENTION
On January 27th, the Venezuelan military began moving heavy artillery systems, main battle tanks and military equipment towards the border with Colombia, according to footage posted by residents of Eastern Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro also posted a video on Twitter speaking to soldiers, saying that the army is prepared to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
This is a sign that the Venezuelan Government, still officially headed by Maduro, is fearing a potential US invasion through Colombia.
Venezuela's top commanders have pledged loyalty to Maduro's government in the days since National Assembly President Juan Guaido declared himself interim president with the aim of calling new elections to legitimize the power in the event of success.
Guaido's recent Twitter activity and speeches in media have all focused on a specific amnesty law that wishes to release many "unjustly" imprisoned. On January 27th, on Twitter he gave 3 conditions that needed to be fulfilled.
The conditions are as follows:
1. Call an emergency meeting of all NGOs, advocates of Human Rights and National Assembly MPs to unify the information and raise the international complaint.
2. Announce the names of those responsible for the FAES, prosecutors and judges who have been in this "massacre" from January 22 onwards to request immediate sanctions and justice to the international community.
3. Formally request the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN, Michelle Bachelet to hasten her visit to our country, to be an eyewitness to the serious crisis in which the entire Venezuelan people live.
He is essentially organizing a sort of political witch hunt through the protests to eliminate all possible opposition he may have if Maduro and the current Venezuelan government are ousted out.
Defence Blog cited an anonymous source in Caracas who claimed that Maduro feared that the US troops being withdrawn from Syria and Afghanistan would be well-suited for redeployment in a Colombia-based conflict with Venezuela.
Sputnik cited a Colombian Defense Ministry spokesperson who said that the country would not provide the US with military bases for a possibly military intervention in Venezuela.
"No," the spokesperson said. "The troops will remain at bases, there has been and there is going to be no redeployment of troops," the Colombian Defense Ministry said on late January 25th. "Colombia is not staging provocations and will not allow anyone to provoke it, as Defense Minister [Guillermo] Botero has said, and we are conducting such policy toward Venezuela," the ministry added.
On its part, the US continues its harsh rhetoric towards Venezuela.
On January 25th, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Elliot Abrams is the new special envoy for Venezuela.
White House National Security Adviser John Bolton also reinforced the US stance warning against any and all violence against US diplomats or self-proclaimed Interim President Juan Guaido or the National Assembly. He also said that Cuba's support for Maduro is also well known.
EU countries also gave Nicolas Maduro an 8-day ultimatum to organize "free and transparent elections" otherwise Juan Guaido would be recognized as official president. The statement was made by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on January 26th.
French President Emmanuel Macro also repeated the Spanish ultimatum.
"Unless elections are announced within eight days, we will be ready to recognise @jguaido as 'President in charge' of Venezuela in order to trigger a political process."
A spokesperson of the German government issued a similar statement.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Guaido is "the right person to take Venezuela forward".
"Time for a new start for the suffering ppl (people) of Venezuela," Hunt said on January 26th.
EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini also called for fresh elections.
"In the absence of an announcement on the organisation of fresh elections with the necessary guarantees over the next days, the EU will take further actions, including on the issue of recognition of the country's leadership," Mogherini said.
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to the EU's ultimatum by condemning it strongly.
https://southfront.org/venezuelas-army-deploys-reinforcements-near-colombian-border-in-fears-of-us-intervention/
#4918274 at 2019-01-26 19:40:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6279: Melania Trumps Telegraph Edition
Colombia Won't Provide US With Bases Needed for Invasion in Venezuela
The Colombian government is not going to provide the United States will military bases so that the latter could launch a possible military invasion in Venezuela, the Colombian Defense Ministry told Sputnik.
"No," the Defence Ministry's representative said, answering the question, whether Bogota was going to provide Washington with military bases needed for a possible operation against Caracas.
The Colombian Defence Ministry also said that Colombia is not preparing a military intervention in neighbouring Venezuela.
"The troops will remain at bases, there has been and there is going to be no redeployment of troops," the ministry said on late Friday.
According to the press service, the vessels and aircraft were also not redeployed, while the high alert in the Armed Forces and police is linked to the recent deadly terror attack on a police academy in Bogota.
"Colombia is not staging provocations and will not allow anyone to provoke it, as Defence Minister [Guillermo] Botero has said, and we are conducting such policy toward Venezuela," the ministry added.
On Tuesday, the opposition-run Venezuelan National Assembly adopted a statement declaring President Nicolas Maduro a "dictator." On Wednesday, opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself the country's interim president at a mass rally in Caracas.
The United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile and Colombia, among others, have recognized Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, while some other countries, including Russia and Mexico, expressed support for incumbent President Maduro.
On Thursday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov called on foreign states to refrain from any kind of military invasion in Venezuela.
https://sputniknews.com/latam/201901261071833500-colombia-usa-venezuela-invasion/