[NYTr] Attackers Destroy Glass Monument to Che in Venezuela Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:11:44 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit [The CIA is clearly on a new round of violent attacks to go along with the uptick in their verbal warfare against Venezuela and Cuba (and Bolivia). With regard to Venezuela, NPR's Morning Edition offered a big report from the miserable Juan Forero on with a big report about how Venezuela has become the new big drug trafficking route for Colombia. See: "More anti-Venezuela Propaganda on Bank of the South, 'Drug Trafficking'" - 10/22/07 http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20071022/070616.html The attack on the new Che monument in Venezuela occurred a few days before the dynamite attacks on Venezuelan and Cuban facilities in Bolivia -- also by "unknown assailants." See: "Venezuelan, Cuban offices attacked in Bolivia" - 10/22/07 http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20071022/070543.html The AP report below makes clear that a "previously unknown group" claimed responsibility for the destruction of the monument in a flyer, whose quoted text makes clear that they are opposed to Hugo Chavez as well as Che and all he represents. We all know what the "previously unknown group" tactic means. The CIA's hirelings make them up as they go along. Meanwhile, the Australian news claimed in its headline on a Reuters story that "Leftists Shatter Che Guevara Monument" 10/20/07 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22617781-23109,00.html Reuters' story says no such thing. On their own site, Reuters has the same article with a headline that confidently asserts it was "Venezuelans," quoting the local mayor (as does AP) saying it must have been done by "outsiders," i.e., not local people. "Venezuelans shatter Che monument backed by Chavez" 10/19/07 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN19258740 All Headline News managed a reasonable headline on a not-very-good story: "Vandals Destroy Che Guevara Monument" but they've misspelled "Guevara" in the headline. It follows the AP piece below. When replaced, the monument will have to be guarded by the Venezuelans as the Cubans would, and perhaps it should be made of unbreakable acrylic. -NY Transfer] AP via The Washington Post - Oct 19, 2007 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101901609.html Glass Monument to Che in Venezuela Shot By Ian James The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela -- A glass monument to revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara was shot up and destroyed less than two weeks after it was unveiled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government. Images of the 8-foot-tall glass plate bearing Guevara's image, now toppled and shattered, were shown Friday on state television, which said the entire country "repudiated" the vandalism. The monument on an Andean mountain highway near the city of Merida was unveiled Oct. 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriguez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death. Chavez venerates Guevara as a model socialist for all Venezuelans. He named a state-funded adult education program "Mission Che Guevara," and murals of the iconic revolutionary have become a common sight in Venezuela. Police said they had yet to identify those responsible. The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional published a copy of what it said was a flier found by the monument signed by the previously unknown "Paramo Patriotic Front." "We don't want any monument to Che, he isn't an example for our children," the flier read. It called Guevara a "cold-blooded killer" and said the government should raise a monument in Chavez's hometown of Sabaneta, in the nearby lowland plains, if it wants to commemorate the Argentine-born revolutionary. The local mayor, Jesus Maria Espinoza, suggested the vandals came from elsewhere. "We can't tolerate people from outside ... damaging something that was unveiled with so much happiness, with so much enthusiasm that day," Espinoza told state television. The 1.5-inch-thick stele was erected near the top of El Aguila Peak, a popular tourist spot and one of the highest points in Venezuela at 13,143 feet above sea level. Guevara visited this spot in 1952 during his travels through South America, which he recorded in his diary, before joining the Cuban revolutionary struggle led by Fidel Castro. ---------------------------------- Photo & Caption Here: http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2007/10/19/PH2007101901610.jpg A destroyed glass monument of the Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is seen near the city of Merida, Venezuela, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. The monument on an Andean mountain highway was unveiled Oct. 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriguez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death in Bolivia. (AP Photo) (AP) *** All Headline News - Oct 20, 2007 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008888189 Vandals Destroy Che Guevarra [sic] Monument by Paul Icamina - AHN News Writer Caracas, Venezuela (AHN) - The government of President Hugo Chavez will replace an 8-foot-tall glass monument to Ernesto "Che" Guevara that was smashed by vandals who called the icon a "cold-blooded killer." The shattered monument, shown Friday on state television, was unveiled less than two weeks ago on Oct. 8 by Vice President Jorge Rodriguez and Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela to mark the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death. The Bolivian army executed Guevara on Oct. 9, 1967. [No, the CIA told them to assassinate Che Guevara and they did.] The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional published a copy of what it said was a flier found by the monument signed by the previously unknown "Paramo Patriotic Front" that said "We don't want any monument to Che, he isn't an example for our children." No suspects were arrested. The monument was erected near the top of popular tourist destination El Aguila Peak, one of the highest points in the country. Guevara visited this spot in 1952 during his travels through South America before joining the Cuban revolutionary struggle led by Fidel Castro. Chavez venerates the Argentine-born revolutionary as a model socialist for all Venezuelans, MSNBC reported. Che's image is one of the world's most reproduced of the 20th century taken from photo shot in 1960. In Europe, ad men exploit Che's bearded image to sell everything from vodka and cigarettes to Che bikinis and Louis Vuitton Che-embroidered handbags that go for $4,500. Copyright (c) AHN Media Corp - All rights reserved. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================