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LatinoBlogsCulminó la cumbre de jefes de Estado de América Latina, el Caribe y Europa, sin que se produjeran sobresaltos. Es curioso, pero con cada reunión de mandatarios del continente, uno espera desbarajustes y altercados, algo inimaginable hasta hace pocos años.
Antes del comienzo de esta reunión se esperaban vientos turbulentes. Ya conocemos que entre Colombia y Venezuela se viven momentos tensos que amenazan conflictos, los cuales bien pueden presentarse en estos eventos. Pero lo que quizás avivó la creencia de algunos intercambios de palabras más altisonantes fueron las declaraciones previas del presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez. El comandante de la Revolución Bolivariana había acusado a la canciller alemana Angela Merker de nazi, y así demostró su ignorancia sobre esta dama, quien durante su juventud luchó por las libertades de la República Democrática Alemana.
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Venezuelan Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Caracas February 25, 2008. Colombian Marxist rebels plan to free four hostages on Wednesday in the second release deal brokered by Venezuela in as many months despite its simmering dispute with Colombia's government, officials said. FARC rebels have told the leftist government of President Hugo Chavez where to pick up the four captive lawmakers, Rodriguez said on Monday. REUTERS/Edwin Montilva (VENEZUELA)
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Venezuelan Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez (L) and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro (R), accompanied by relatives of hostages, speak during a news conference in Caracas February 25, 2008. Colombian Marxist rebels plan to free four hostages on Wednesday in the second release deal brokered by Venezuela in as many months despite its simmering dispute with Colombia's government, officials said. FARC rebels have told the leftist government of President Hugo Chavez where to pick up the four captive lawmakers, Rodriguez said on Monday. REUTERS/Edwin Montilva (VENEZUELA)
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Venezuelan Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez (L) and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro (R), accompanied by relatives of hostages, speak during a news conference in Caracas February 25, 2008. Colombian Marxist rebels plan to free four hostages on Wednesday in the second release deal brokered by Venezuela in as many months despite its simmering dispute with Colombia's government, officials said. FARC rebels have told the leftist government of President Hugo Chavez where to pick up the four captive lawmakers, Rodriguez said on Monday. REUTERS/Edwin Montilva (VENEZUELA)
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A boy takes a break from collecting manioc on his farm on the outskirts of El Cruce, near Venezuela's border with Colombia, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A woman prays in a church in Juaquin de Navay, near Venezuela's border with Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A customer is reflected in a mirror at a street vendor's store in El Cruce, near Venezuela's border with Colombia, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Colombia's rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A man carries Venezuelan gasoline toward the Colombian side of the border to sell it on the black market near El Cruce in Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A Venezuelan soldier patrols a check point on the outskirts of El Cruce, near Venezuela's border with Colombia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A boy born in Colombia and nationalized in Venezuela reacts to a vaccine shot in La Vaquera, on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A Venezuelan soldier searches a truck for contraband at a check point on the outskirts of El Cruce, near Venezuela's border with Colombia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. Colombia's leftist rebels have increasingly obtained refuge in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, who now calls their cause legitimate, further distances himself from the U.S.-backed Bogota government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Chávez debió disculparse con la canciller alemana. Era más sencillo dejar la camorra que armarla y luego bajar la cabeza, arrepentido. Uno entiende que la actitud del venezolano es ésa ante todo, porque antes había insultado al secretario general de Interpol, Ronald Noble, luego que se revelara que los archivos contenidos en las computadoras del líder de las Farc "Raúl Reyes" no fueron manipuladas después de haber incursionado en el campamento que el grupo de irregulares tenía en la selva ecuatoriana. Hasta ahora, nadie ha acusado formalmente a Chávez por lo que decía la laptop de Reyes, pero ya vendrá alguna otra arremetida contra quien se atreva a hablar en su contra.
Hubiese sido más fácil que Hugo Chávez, en vez de insultar a quien le adversa, se hubiese desligado de las Farc desde el comienzo. En vez de haber guardado un minuto de silencio por la memoria de quien ha puesto minas personales, de quien mantiene secuestrados a más de cien colombianos, y de quien trafica con drogas, era más útil para la tranquilidad de Venezuela decir que no, que su país no tiene nada que ver con las FARC. Era más útil, en vez de molestarse, desligarse de los terroristas cada vez que se toca el tema. A lo mejor cuesta decir que no porque no es no sino sí, pero cuánto de utilidad puede tener el silencio en estos casos. Ojalá que Chávez lo haya aprendido en esta última cumbre
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