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U.S. Uses al-Qaeda To Justify Foreign Policy On Stella Calloni and "Revolution and Intervention in Latin America," By Fidel Castro Ruz November 25, 2008 "Granma" -- HER book exposes a series of atrocious crimes recently committed by the United States against the Latin American peoples. It is a basic text for understanding the real meaning of the Yankee imperialism. It is the most objective and detailed denunciation that I have read to date, unsurpassed in its style and eloquence. She gives an impressive list of outstanding figures, both military and civilian, vilely assassinated inside and outside their respective countries, including such prestigious personalities as the Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Chilean Generals Schneider and Prats, presidents of other nations, as well as the conspiracy in Chile which concluded with the death of Salvador Allende and the establishment of a fascist government. There were U.S. Presidents directly involved, like Nixon, Reagan and Bush Sr. Stella is known in our country for that work. But it was the paper given by the Argentine author to the International Conference "Revolution and Intervention in Latin America," which took place recently in Caracas, which called my attention to her again. She sent a copy of the paper to us in Cuba. She refers to a silent invasion on all fronts: the weapon of disinformation, the neocolonization of Latin America, the "backyard" as the "strategic reserve" of the empire, operative counterinsurgency, the "soft" blows, the informatics intoxication, left-wing groups acting together with extreme-right pro-coup sectors; the powerful enemy deliberately assaulting the soul of the peoples, their culture and identity; advanced colonialists and belated colonialisms. The author reminds us of the brutal invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989, preceded by a disinformation campaign which, in this case, managed to penetrate progressive and leftist sectors. She recalls incredible and crude media manipulation of the reasons advanced by the United States to invade the small nation of little more than two million inhabitants - a country divided into two by a colonial enclave maintained there by the hegemonic power since the beginning of the past century - and the still incomprehensible paralysis of Latin America. Up until today, she told us, it is unknown that thousands of people died there. "Panama was the Guernica of Latin America." She goes on to add that the United Nations had a "paper presence in all these conflicts." Al-Qaeda, spawned by the empire itself, is a typical example of an enemy that the hegemonic power places where it needs to in order to then justify its actions, in the same way that, throughout history, it has manufactured enemies and attacks aimed at advancing its plans for domination. The pretext of the National Security of the United States to justify its crimes preceded the attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. In that kind of a way she continues wielding irrefutable arguments and evidence. Her paper is a synthesis of no more than 20 pages. She expresses sincere admiration for the revolutionary processes in Cuba and Venezuela and their courageous struggles in the vicinity of the neocolonial metropolis. The meaning of that struggle can be understood merely by recalling some of the phrases uttered by George W. Bush, a president with only 58 more days left to complete his current term as leader of the empire. In the midst of the crisis lashing the world, he stated at the APEC Summit in Lima: "Over the decades, the free market system has proved the most efficient way... "The third great force for economic growth in this region is the limitless potential of free peoples [...] any government that is honest with its people [.] will have a partner in the United States of America. ".our partners can be confident that the compassionate agenda of the United States of America will continue." "We shall continue to inspire the world." "God bless you." Only an incurable cynic could make such statements. And while he was proclaiming that in Lima, news was coming in from the United States on the gravity of the crisis and the growing number of the unemployed. The companies in that country's automobile industry are urgently demanding a share of the $700 billion allocated to tackle the most severe crisis in dozens of years. They have stated that the bankruptcy of just one of the big corporations in that sector would mean laying off two-and-a-half million workers. These are skyrocketing sums of money and of people affected in the country aspiring to continue inspiring the market. Today's elections in Venezuela are complex due to the situation created by heavy rainfall, the number of polling booths, the elevated number of registered voters in each of these, the utilization of media resources and the huge sums of money being used by the oligarchy and the imperialists to confuse voters. But the Bolivarian government is acting with dignity; it is concerned about the damage caused by excessive rain and it is fighting with the firmness and decisiveness that is inspired by just causes. Whatever the result of these regional and local elections, it will not be easy to extinguish the flames of the Revolution. We believe far more in Calloni's truths than in Bush's cynical lies. Fidel Castro Ruz *** US Interferes on Venezuela, says Eva Golinger http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={1424D401-7EE7-4717-8AB3- FC7FF976ED71})&language=EN Caracas, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) US still maintains an ongoing interference on Venezuela's elections, financing opposition parties and also interfering in the internal affairs of popular communities and student groups, US investigator Eva Golinger denounced Monday. In an article published by local media on foreign financing to opposition, Golinger says current US interference is also present at communities of the capital and in the neighboring state of Miranda, in which opposition achieved the highest number of votes during regional elections. She details US paramilitary activity in Zulia and Tachira, bordering territories with Colombia, important for the security of the Venezuelan State, which are also in the hands of opposition governors. Golinger asserts 4.7 million dollars were invested only in 2008 by USAID (International Agency of Development of US) and the National Agency Endowment Democracy NED in the electoral campaign. When referring to the triumph of opposition in the states of Carabobo, Miranda, Tachira, Zulia and Caracas, she notes it is not only about financing parties but also about a network of organizations and agencies that aggressively interference the "chavism". Golinger mentions, besides USAID and NED, Freedom House, National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, foundations Konrad Adenauer and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Germany), FAES (Spain) and FOCAL (Canada), among others. 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