Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, umkhuzi Wezempi YaseVenezuela, uRaul Baduel, wachaza okuthile okwakumkhathaza (1). IColombia yayisanda kuthenga amathangi empi angu-46 AMX-30 eSpain. Abezindaba bathi amathangi kwakungawokulwa nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa, kodwa lokho akuzange kubonakale kungenangqondo. UBaduel ubesola ukuthi amathangi azophelela emngceleni waseVenezuela.
Lokhu kuthunyelwa kubikwe ngokungafanele e-El Tiempo, iphephandaba likazwelonke laseColombia, izolo (2). Lamathangi angama-46 azoba yingxenye ye-Brigade entsha, edalwe ikakhulukazi, 'ezoqapha umngcele'. Amabutho amane kanye neqembu leSpecial Forces akha le Brigade entsha. Amathangi kufanele afike (futhi abuke isikhathi ngokucophelela, ngoba sizophinde sivakashele) ngo-Agasti.
I-athikili ye-El Tiempo ibhekisela esidingweni samathangi ukuze 'kuvikelwe i-Colombia' 'ekuhlaseleni ekugcineni okuvela e-Venezuela'. IBrigade iphinde ibe necala lokuvikela abantu bomdabu baseWayuu, abake baba yizisulu zokubulawa kwabantu 'amaqembu ahlomile ngokungekho emthethweni'. Ngakho-ke, abomdabu bangahlala belondekile ngaphansi kokuvikelwa yilona kanye ibutho elibabulala ngokuqondile noma lisebenzisana nezikhulu ('amaqembu ahlomile ngokungemthetho' okungenzeka asebenza nebutho) abababulalayo.
Mayelana namathangi ngokwawo akwaziwa ukuthi akuphi. Isivumelwano sisayinwe phakathi kukahulumeni wamanje waseColombia kanye nohulumeni waseSpain kaJose Maria Aznar, owenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uyawadayisa amathangi ngaphambi kokuba ahlulwe okhethweni ngoMashi. Kepha, ukuhlelwa kwe-El Tiempo odabeni olufanayo kuyaqagela, uhulumeni waseVenezuela ucindezela uhulumeni omusha waseSpain waseZapatero ukuthi ahoxise isivumelwano. 'Impendulo yokugcina izonikezwa amathangi,' kubhala umlobeli waseMadrid we-El Tiempo, uVictor Manuel Vargas. 'Okungukuthi, uma zilethiwe noma cha.'
Leyo yincazelo enhle kakhulu yenqubomgomo yangaphandle yase-US, empeleni, esifundeni nakwezinye izindawo: Impendulo yokugcina izonikezwa amathangi.
Akwenzekanga nje kwaqondana ukuthi amathangi omngcele waseVenezuela afika ngo-Agasti. I-return recall yaseVenezuela, lapho abantu baseVenezuela bezovota ukuthi bangamkhumbula yini uMongameli uHugo Chavez noma cha, kuzokwenzeka ngo-Agasti 15. Kuzokwenzeka, okungukuthi, uma abaphikisi baseVenezuela becabanga ukuthi banganqoba. Njengoba iqembu eliphikisayo laseVenezuela lingeke likwazi ukuzuza ivoti elifanelekile, kungenzeka ukuthi yonke inhlolovo, njengomzamo wokuketula umbuso ngo-April 2002 kanye 'Nesiteleka Sikazwelonke' (3) kamuva ngalowo nyaka nango-2003, kube enye ingxenye umkhankaso wokuqeda uzinzo ngokumelene nohulumeni waseChavez. NgoMashi 2003, ngemva nje kokuwa 'kweSiteleka Sikazwelonke', amasosha aseColombia agasela emngceleni waseVenezuela (4). NgoMeyi ka-2004, elinye itulo elihilela ama-paramilitary aseColombia lachithwa yi-Venezuela, nakuba imininingwane ingakaveli ngokugcwele. Ngokombiko we-AFP amaphoyisa aseVenezuela asathola inqwaba yezikhali kanye nabantu abaxhumene naleli tulo. (5)
Amasosha aseColombia kanye namasosha abelokhu eyingxenye ebalulekile yomkhankaso wokuqeda uzinzo ngokumelene neVenezuela. Isikhathi sokuthunyelwa kwe-Armored Brigade emngceleni waseVenezuela, okuhambisana nereferendamu yaseVenezuela futhi kuza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuzama ukungena kwezempi, akwenzekanga nje.
Emaphandleni, ibutho laseColombia livame ukulwa ngale ndlela elandelayo: ama-paramilitaries angena emphakathini futhi azame ukuthola impendulo kubashokobezi. Ezimweni ezingavamile lapho abashokobezi bephendula, ama-paramilitary ahlehla futhi amasosha athatha indawo yawo, ahlasele ama-guerrilla ngezikhali ezinzima.
Lena futhi ifomula efanelekile yokudala impi yasemngceleni: Ukungena kwezempi, iButho LaseVenezuela elalizozama ukulixosha, elivikela amathangi amasha asindayo e-Colombian Army, afakwe kalula 'ku-patrol yasemngceleni', azokwazi ukubhodloza 'isigameko' sokuqala sabekwa. Lokhu kuzobe sekwethulwa 'njengobudlova baseVenezuela', futhi ngokungangabazeki amaphepha ase-US azoqala ukusebenza ngokubhala ngokuthi uChavez waqala kanjani impi yokuvimbela inhlolovo. Impi ingase ishintshe ngokushesha isuka kweyodwa phakathi kweColombia neVenezuela ibe phakathi kwe-US neVenezuela. Mhlawumbe impinda yezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-3,000 noma ngaphezulu ezabulawa ezindaweni ezimpofu kakhulu zasePanama ngo-1989, kanye nomkhankaso wabezindaba 'wokubasindisa', kuyilapho kukhombisa abantu baseVenezuela abacebile beshaya ihlombe kumabonakude, kungalandela? (Lesi isifaniso esingaphelele: uNoriega empeleni wayengumashiqela. UChavez akayena.)
Uma lokho kwenzeka, omunye wabazothola ihlombe kuzoba uMongameli wase-Colombia u-Alvaro Uribe Velez.
-UMongameli waseColombia, owasho ezithamelini zezikhulu ezincane eziyi-150 ekolishi lezempi e-Bogota ngolunye usuku 'Angizikhathazi nge-Amnesty International, esingeke sikwazi ukuthembela kuye. Ngikhathazekile ngokuthi abantu bazokwazi ukwethemba amasosha obaba, ukuthi abantu bazokwazi ukusethemba. Lokhu ngiyakhathazeka ngakho.' (6)
-UMongameli waseColombia, owazama ukuthola ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo ngo-Okthoba 2003 okwakuzomvumela ukuthi aphinde aqokwe ngokufaka inhlolovo kubantu abawenqaba ngokuthula, isichibiyelo saphasiswa buthule esiShayamthetho (7).
-UMengameli waseColombia, owayengumbusi wase-Antioquia, umnyango lapho ama-paramilitary asuka khona ezoshaya isibhicongo esibi kakhulu senzeke endaweni ebizwa nge-Mapiripan. Ngalo kanye usuku ngaphambi kokuba u-Uribe atshele amasosha ukuthi 'akakhathazeki nge-Amnesty International', ujenene waseColombia osewathatha umhlalaphansi, u-Jaime Umberto Uscategui Ramirez, uchaze ngokuningiliziwe ukuthi ibutho kanye nebutho lezempi baxhumanise kanjani ukuthi kuthuthwe inqwaba yamasosha asuka emnyangweni wase-Uribe aya eMapiripan. ukwenza ukubulawa kwabo. Incazelo yakhe, eyabikwa emakhasini e-National Newspaper yaseColombia, ichaza kabanzi ukuthi iziphathimandla zase-Antioquia, ingxenye yokuphatha kuka-Uribe, zazi kanjani kahle ngalesi sibhicongo esihleliwe ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke. (8)
Cabanga nje ngomzuzwana owodwa ukuthi abezindaba base-US bangasabela kanjani uma noma iyiphi yalezi zinto ibiyiqiniso ngoMongameli waseVenezuela. Into embi kakhulu abezindaba baseMelika ababonakala bekwazi ukuyithola abangasola ngayo uChavez 'Ukuzulazula Kwabampofu' (9).
Uma sikhuluma iqiniso, phakathi kwebhizinisi lakhe elizimele, 'izinguquko' zemisebenzi yakhe, kanye nokuhlasela kwakhe izinyunyana, umkhakha womphakathi, kanye nabampofu e-Colombia, akekho ongasola u-Uribe 'ngokubambisana nabampofu'. Kuphela okobudlova bezempi, ukubulalana kwebutho lezempi, ukukhohlisa kwezombusazwe okumelene nentando yeningi, kanye nokuphangwa kwezomnotho - akukho noyedwa kukho ubugebengu, inqobo nje uma enzelwa ukufeza izintshisekelo ezifanele.
Ngo-Agasti, abantu baseVenezuela kufanele baphinde bavote ukuze banqume ikusasa labo. Kukhona abaningi abacabanga ukuthi iningi laseVenezuela selikhulume kakhulu futhi ngokucacile, nokuthi le nhlolovo iyinkohliso. Sham noma cha, uChavez angawina kalula inhlolovo enobulungiswa. Ingozi yangempela iwukuthi uma u-Uribe ne-United States benendlela yabo, 'Impendulo yokugcina' ingase 'inikezwe amathangi.'
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1) U-Dieterich uxoxisana no-Baduel ngoMashi 21, 2004 (okokuqala ku-rebelion.org)
2) El Tiempo, Juni 18, 2004, 'Crean primera brigada de frontera en limite con Venezuela'
3) Bona wami 'Isiteleka Sikazwelonke SaseVenezuela', Disemba 10, 2003:
4) Bona wamiIButho LaseColombia lenzani lihlasela iVenezuela?' Ephreli 3, 2003
5) Bona wami 'Itulo Lobuphekula Libhuntshile!' Meyi 10, 2004
6) El Tiempo, June 18, 2004 'Presidente ร lvaro Uribe ordena envรo de comandantes militares a las regiones para que dirijan tropas.'
7) El Tiempo, June 17, 2004 'Camara de Represenntates aprobรยณ la reelecciรยณn presidencial inmediata en cuarto debate.'
8) El Tiempo, Juni 16, 2004, 'Asร llegaron los paramilitares a perpetrar la masacre de Mapiripan segรยบn el general Uscategui'
9) Bheka Ibhulogi kaZeynep Toufe ukuze kuhlukaniswe i-athikili ye-Washington Post efanelwe indawo emlandweni womkhankaso wokuqeda uzinzo.
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