Bravo to Douglas Farah for disclosing how a terrorist conference is being held in Caracas, featuring representatives from FARC, ETA, the Communist Party of El Salvador, what’s left of the Red Brigades, and other terrorist groups. With the exception of FARC, these aren’t exactly top-tier terrorist groups, but they subscribe to the radical Marxist-Leninist doctrine of Chavez and Castro. Could Venezuela be trying to resurrect the terrorist groups the reigned during the Cold War?

The second global convention of the Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana (Bolivarian Continental Coordinator-CCB), founded by the FARC in Venezuela in 2004 and newly renamed the Bolivarian Continental Movement, has as its primary stated purpose to militarily support the Venezuelan revolution and contribute to the struggle against Yankee bases in Colombia. Its platform also vows to overthrow the United States and its “moribund capitalist system.”

The movement, which is running a multimedia website with its statements said the most exciting moment of the opening ceremony was the showing of a video of FARC leader Alfonso Cano greeting the group and wishing them success.

Can we stop arguing over whether Venezuela is supporting the FARC now?

Posted by Ryan Mauro at 5:03 am
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