Petras: USA is more interested in attacking Venezuela than fighting against drugs

ABN 21/05/2008 Caracas, Distrito Capital

Caracas, May 19. ABN.- The Government of United States is putting in jail Colombian paramilitary chiefs to reward Uribe (Colombia's President) for the cooperation in their aggression policy against Venezuela.

Thus, Colombian President quiets paramilitary chiefs and interrupts the process of the compromising testimonies in the so-called “para-politic”, which, up to now, involves congresspeople, military chiefs, ministers, and other people very close to him.

These statements were made by the North American sociologist, thinker, and professor of the University of Binghamton (New York State, USA) James Petras, during an exclusive interview offered to the ABN where he labeled as unbelievable the way how the extradition of 14 paramilitary chiefs to United States was carried out.

“Which is unbelievable is that these chiefs have rendered their testimonies to courts about their relation with top Colombian leaders. They named more than 60 congresspeople and members of the cabinet of Uribe's Administration, linking them as collaborators of drug dealers and paramilitary people. They have named generals and Uribe's relatives as
receivers of drug trafficking money. However, in the middle of this important process and in the face of the attorneys, Colombian Government sends them out of the country, which puts an end to the testimonies against the main benefactors of the drug trafficking in Colombia: pro Uribe's politicians”, he stated.

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