Boletín de Prensa Internacional 09/11/09
Por qué insiste Chávez en el tema colombiano
El Universal (Caracas) Por qué insiste Chávez en el tema colombiano
Prender un conflicto verbal fronterizo le permitiría matar tres pájaros de un tiro.
Bajo mi perspectiva, los motivadores pueden ser múltiples. Algunos probablemente vinculados a desviar la atención de los problemas nacionales y otros podrían tener bases racionales, aunque la forma y el estilo presidencial no lo sea.
Partamos por analizar las hipótesis distractivas, seguramente las más relevantes: el Gobierno prende alarmas ante una caída de popularidad del Presidente. La crisis económica reciente y el incremento de la sensibilidad de la población frente a la ineficiencia del Gobierno para resolver sus problemas básicos han mermado esa variable. Chávez necesita rescatar su conexión antes de las elecciones y está aplicando un "paquete" para lograrlo. El aumento de gasto público, el relanzamiento de las misiones y el adelanto de la campaña forman parte de esa estrategia. No es descabellado pensar que un componente complementario sea prender un conflicto verbal fronterizo con Colombia que le permita matar tres pájaros de un tiro. ver>>
Cómo el hijo de Pablo Escobar repara por los pecados de su padre
The Guardian (UK) How Pablo Escobar's son atoned for the sins of his father
Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar was gunned down in 1993. In an exclusive interview, his son tells Uki Goñi why he had to seek reconciliation with the children of Pablo's victims
Juan Escobar was a teenager when he first challenged his father, the most notorious and brutal drug lord in Colombia's history. "I confronted him about the deaths attributed to him on the TV news," he recalls now. "He started calling me 'my 14-year-old pacifist son'. But no one could stop my father. Not all of Colombia, together with the help of the CIA. So what could the son of Pablo Escobar do?" ver>>
En Latinoamérica, la compra de armas extiende la desconfianza
Miami Herald (EE.UU.) In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust
Weapons purchases in Latin America are soaring as nations cast a wary eye on their neighbors
Whether it's called an ``arms race'' or a ``coincidental modernization'' of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each other with growing mistrust and fear.
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Brazil says it must protect its newfound oil and gas riches. Venezuela says the U.S. military might attack it. Colombia is worried by Venezuela, Ecuador is watching Colombia and Paraguay is keeping an eye on Bolivia.
There's no question that weapons sales around the region are soaring. They almost doubled in just five years, from $24 billion in 2003 to $47 billion last year, according to one report by Colombian analyst Javier Loaiza. Others put the 2008 total at $60 billion. ver>>