Update and related to a prior post today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of one entity and six individuals acting on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, a Colombian narco-terrorist group.
Archive for January 15th, 2008
U.S. Targets FARC Terrorists’ Financial Networks
Posted in Colombia, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere, tagged Colombia, FARC, OFAC, terrorists, Treasury on 15 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Terrorist Group is a “Real Army,” a Venezuelan/Cuban Land Grab for the Bolivarian Union?
Posted in Colombia, Cuba, Latin America, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere, tagged Colombia, FARC, Gustavo Coronel, Hugo Chavez, terrorist, Venezuela on 15 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Seeking to legitimize himself after repeated political failures in recent months, Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chavez has launched the next phase in his political kabuki theatre to undermine U.S. interests in the region. Over at the Human Events website Gustavo Coronel, a former Venezuelan Congressman, details Chavez’s latest effort in his war of attrition against Colombian democracy. The [...]