18 feb 2012

Colombia in the hands of terrorism

!Por la Revolución de las Ideas!




Once again, and unfortunately, Colombia begins to fall into the hands of terrorism. This due to the fact that the pressure put on crime has been reduced since the government of Juan Manuel Santos took office. Many of Santos’ aids and followers insist on the fact that he has continued to support Alvaro Uribe’s policies, but in reality, this has not happened. Many of the blows given to Farc in the last two years have been due to the policies put in place by the Uribe Administration and not by Santos. Santos clearly has made agreements with Colombia’s enemies and what’s behind those agreements and their consequences we have yet to see. Although, many would say that you don’t have to wait so long to see what’s behind Santos’ agreements with Chavez and other enemies of Colombia’s growth and peace since what’s happening now is more than enough to show what those agreements have in mind for Colombia.

Colombia is in the hands of terrorism because once more Farc has been able to attack cities and towns in Colombia, something that did not happened during Uribe’s government. Farc has been able to regain control of areas in Colombia which were guarded by the army and police. Although Santos was elected with Uribe’s platform on security and many people believed he would continue the path set by Uribe, Santos has governed with the people who opposed Uribe’s government. This is extremely ironic, but as we know politics is never a precise science. So as a result of Santos betrayal to Uribe’s policies and voters, Colombia once again is moving forward to the years in which governments were complaisant with Farc, Eln and paramilitary groups and allowed them to proceed with their criminal activity. Terrorism requires a strong hand and Santos is not a strong President in security and other issues. He has allowed others to govern the country and on top of all, he has allowed the extreme left to regain power and control, so they can continue to support Farc and their terrorist activities.

Recently, Colombia’s foreign relations minister visited Cuba in an effort to strengthen relations with the islands regime. I wonder why a government that was elected with people who oppose that regime and all the harm it has inflicted in Colombia’s democracy would go and try to strengthen relations when it is clear that Cuba supports Farc, Eln and their terrorist activities. It makes no sense what Santos is doing, but I guess it is clear what his agreements with Chavez and the left have implied for Colombia.

Now ,we see how Farc is able to destroy entire towns, kill innocent people, how Paramilitary groups are growing again, how the main cities are in control of organized crime and nobody does anything to stop it. When you ask the government, their answer is that they are doing everything they can to avoid this from happening, but apparently is not enough because crime is growing and they seem to be waiting for the next hit. The worst thing is that the FTA between the United States and Colombia requires cities and the whole country to be secure, but with Santos, that is a reality far from happening. Santos continues to govern with policies that were not elected by the voters and worse, he was not elected because people wanted him as President, and he was elected because people had no other option. Otherwise, if Uribe had been on the ticket or someone closer to Uribe’s policies, that person would have been elected and not him. Santos’ treason to Uribe’s policies is clear and his treason to those who elected him is clear too.

Colombia is at risk, and Santos seems to think everything is ok. Colombia in the hands of crime and terror, and apparently the Santos administration is more worried about stretching hands with the Castro’s than putting an end to terrorism and a peace treaty.

Cristhian Mancera Mejia
Director
LaTribunacolus.com


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