Venezuelans to
repudiate U.S. maneuvers in the Caribbean
CARACAS, April 12 – Venezuelan groups today
announced a mobilization to repudiate the U.S.
military presence in the Caribbean, particularly a
military exercise involving more than 6,500 Marines.
In an interview with Telesur, Commander William
Izarra, former deputy prime minister of Venezuela,
said that the military operations are aimed at
intimidating progressive governments in the region.
"I think that this exercise is meant to be
frightening, a show of force to create terror among
the progressive Latin American governments," he
affirmed.
Izarra noted that U.S. General Bantz Craddock of
the U.S. Southern Command has repeatedly stated that
the government of President Hugo Chávez cannot be
tolerated by Washington.
