The government of Hugo Chávez (Fidel Castro’s protegé and ally) is implementing a “good life card” similar to the rationing booklet used in Cuba, a day after farmer Franklin Brito died from a hunger strike, caused by the Venezuelan government seizing his farm. The creation of the card is taking place in the midst of a two year recession and shortages of food in Venezuela. [ABC]
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A delegation of high-ranking Cuban government officials met Sunday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavéz at the hall of the Council of Ministers in Miraflores Palace to discuss next month’s ALBA summit in Cuba, informs the Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information.
The Cuban delegation was led by Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz (Vice-President, Council of Ministers) along with Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz (Vice-President, Council of Ministers and Tourist Ministry); Salvador Pardo Guerra (Minister, Metals Industry); Yadira García (Minister, Basic Industry); Rodrigo Malmierca (Minister, International Commerce and Foreign Investment); Rogelio Sierra Díaz (Vice-Minister, Foreign Relations); Alberto Rodríguez (Vice-Minister, Information and Communications) and Rogelio Polanco Fuentes (Cuban Ambassador to Venezuela).
Tags: ALBA, Alberto Rodríguez, Cuban government officials, Hugo Chavez, Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Rodrigo Malmierca, Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, Rogelio Sierra Díaz, Salvador Pardo Guerra, Venezuela, venezuelan government, Yadira García
Via UPI:
The Venezuelan government is operating a secret paramilitary training camp with the help of Cuban military advisers and leftist Colombian guerrillas.
The camp near San Cristobal offers six-week courses for 400 to 1,000 participants, El Nuevo Herald reported Sunday.
The first phase of training at the camp reportedly is political indoctrination through texts printed in Cuba. The second phase includes training in the use of light and heavy weaponry and explosives.
The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not responded to allegations about the training camp, but local officials have acknowledged its existence and the presence of Cubans.
Desarrollo Urbanite Caparo, a private tourism company that organizes trips to the area, says its services have been suspended for the time being because ”the government has taken the installations” until January.
The trainees are intended to support Chavez in the type of guerrilla war the president has repeatedly vowed to wage in the event he’s ousted from power, either by a military coup or the U.S. invasion he has alleged has been planned.
Tags: colombian guerrillas, cubans, military advisers, paramilitary training camp, political indoctrination, san cristobal, venezuelan government, venezuelan president hugo chavez, weaponry
