Foreign interference in Colombia has been ‘dismal’: FARC

[Judi Lynn]

Foreign interference in Colombia has been ‘dismal’: FARC
posted by Marcus Sales
Aug 14, 2013

Foreign interference in Colombia, specifically that of the United States, has been “dismal” ever since the country’s independence from Spain in the 19th century, rebel group FARC said Wednesday.

In an interview with Colombia Reports, Dutch FARC rebel Tanja Nijmeijer said that ”foreign intervention in Colombia has been dismal. From the time of the first independence struggles, the United States, England, France and Germany set their eyes and ambitions on our territory.”

The Dutch guerrilla, who assists the rebels’ peace negotiation team in Cuba, was particularly harsh about Washington’s historical role in Colombia.

According to Nijmeijer, independence leader Simon “Bolivar threatened the security of the United States, they needed to build the Panama Canal, Colombia could become a new Cuba, international communism had to be stopped and, more recently, Plan Colombia with its pretext of the war against drugs and the invention of ’terrorist’ threats.”

If the US — the largest donor to Colombia in recent years – is willing to contribute to a political solution, Washington must change its foreign policies in order for that to be constructive for the South American country, said the rebel.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/foreign-intervention-in-colombia-has-been-dismal-farc/

[COLGATE4]

1. Just what the Colombian peace negotiations need

a foreign interloper who "assists the FARC's negotiation team". Too bad the poor Colombians can't be trusted to do it by themselves.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. I wonder if she knows the meaning of the word "irony" n/t

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[Judi Lynn]

3. How dare someone from Europe condemn the US for interfering in Colombia. n/t

[Bacchus4.0]

4. Simon Bolivar, the Panama Canal, and Cuba???

sounds like she has spent too long in the jungle.

[Zorro]

5. Well the living conditions are quite harsh in the jungles of Amsterdam

It's not as if one can get the latest conveniences of modern life there.

[Socialistlemur]

7. She can condemn all she wants

But lets face it, she is a member of a terrorist band which survives using kidnap ransoms and drug dealing. Not exactly a glowing set of references for a peace negotiator. My impression is they are sending a desperate message to the USA left, because they are not getting ahead in thes negotiations.

[COLGATE4]

8. That's what's known as 'deliberately

missing the point'. But then again, you already knew that.

[Peace Patriot]

6. She's right. But I would have said "horrible" (worse than "dismal").

U.S. interference in Colombia has been HORRIBLE, recently.