Golinger writes: "In a document classified as secret by the U.S. Embassy in
Caracas, Venezuela, Ambassador William Brownfield had strong words about the
newly elected president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Henry Ramos
Allup."
New president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup.
(photo: EFE)
WikiLeaks Reveal What the US Really Thinks of Venezuela's New President of
the National Assembly
By Eva Golinger, teleSUR
08 January 16
Henry Ramos Allup is described as "rude," "repellent" and always "asking for
money" in a secret U.S. document.
In a document classified as secret by the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,
Venezuela, Ambassador William Brownfield had strong words about the newly
elected president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup.
"Accion Democratica's main problem has a name: Henry Ramos Allup," the
document reads. Brownfield, who was ambassador to Venezuela from 2004-2007
called Ramos Allup "crude, abrasive, arrogant and thin-skinned".
The secret embassy cable was sent on April 17, 2006, eight months before the
presidential elections in Venezuela that resulted in the reelection of Hugo
Chavez. During the previous year, Ramos Allup had led opposition calls for
abstention in the parliamentary elections that took place in December 2005.
Brownfield stressed in his text that "Ramos Allup has become perhaps the
most vocal advocate of electoral abstention ... Ramos Allup said those who
advocated participation in the December 2006 presidential elections would be
voting 'with their pants around their ankles. " He has disparaged those who
have declared themselves as candidates."
It's ironic that the same electoral process Ramos Allup boycotted and
denigrated in 2005 has today enabled him to lead parliament.
Accion Democratica, one of the traditional political parties in Venezuela
known for corruption, clientelism and neoliberalism has been a major
recipient of international financing, violating Venezuelan law that
prohibits foreign financing of political parties in the country. Ambassador
Brownfield criticized Ramos Allup's reliance on international support. In a
section of the secret document entitled "Solve Our Problems For Us,"
Brownfield wrote, "Rather than court Venezuelan voters, Ramos Allup's
principal political strategy has been to seek help from the international
community." Brownfield also revealed that representatives of Accion
Democratica (AD) "have explicitly and repeatedly sought funds and favors
from the Embassy. When refused by one Embassy official, they ask another."
In his text, Brownfield cites a specific example:
"AD first vice president, Victor Bolivar, who solicited funding from
political officer (poloff) organized a meeting in December 2005 with the
political counselor (PolCouns) to make the same pitch. When PolCouns changed
the subject, Bolivar and his fellow AD officials made the same long,
detailed request in English, in case poloff did not understand."
Ambassador Brownfield then recalled more examples of AD's constant requests
for money and favors from the US government: "Former AD National Assembly
deputy Pedro Pablo Alcantara calls and visits the Embassy regularly with
requests for visas, scholarships for friends, etc. He calls different
sections of the embassy if he does not receive what he requests."
Although Henry Ramos Allup has only been the new president of the National
Assembly of Venezuela for two days, his authoritarian tendencies are clear.
Ramos Allup already flagrantly violated a decision by the Supreme Tribunal
of Justice (TSJ) regarding the election of three legislators from Amazonas
state, swearing them into office while the election results are still under
review. The opposition leader has also abruptly shut off the microphones of
socialist legislators, removed the paintings of Simon Bolivar and Hugo
Chavez from the National Assembly grounds and has indicated that his main
objective is ousting President Maduro within the next six months.
His dictatorial propensity is well known by the US government. Ambassador
Brownfield underlined that Ramos Allup "does not support alternative views
... Not only is AD extremely vertically organized, it is also dictatorial."
Finally, Brownfield referred to Ramos Allup in his secret cable, which was
sent to the US Secretary of State, the US Southern Command and over a dozen
US Embassies in Latin America and the United Nations, as "delusional" and "a
relic of the past".
Unfortunately for Venezuela, it's a past that has returned to haunt the
present.
Despite full knowledge of Henry Ramos Allup's dictatorial and
anti-democratic intentions, the State Department congratulated the new
"democratic" National Assembly of Venezuela and its "important role
advancing and promoting a national dialogue." Far from promoting dialogue,
what Ambassador Brownfield described in his cable indicates that Henry Ramos
Allup's National Assembly will further divide and destabilize Venezuela.
It's not new for Washington to support dictatorships and authoritarian
governments and leaders in Latin America, so long as they serve US interests
and are subordinate to US agenda. Through USAID and NED, the US government
has invested millions of dollars in Henry Ramos Allup's party and his
opposition coalition. Never mind if he's a "delusional", "repellent" and
"crude" dictator, because he's Washington's delusional, repellent and crude
dictator.
The secret document published by Wikileaks can be found here.
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New president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup.
(photo: EFE)
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WikiLeaks Reveal What the US Really Thinks of Venezuela's New President of
the National Assembly
By Eva Golinger, teleSUR
08 January 16
Henry Ramos Allup is described as "rude," "repellent" and always "asking for
money" in a secret U.S. document.
n a document classified as secret by the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,
Venezuela, Ambassador William Brownfield had strong words about the newly
elected president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup.
"Accion Democratica's main problem has a name: Henry Ramos Allup," the
document reads. Brownfield, who was ambassador to Venezuela from 2004-2007
called Ramos Allup "crude, abrasive, arrogant and thin-skinned".
The secret embassy cable was sent on April 17, 2006, eight months before the
presidential elections in Venezuela that resulted in the reelection of Hugo
Chavez. During the previous year, Ramos Allup had led opposition calls for
abstention in the parliamentary elections that took place in December 2005.
Brownfield stressed in his text that "Ramos Allup has become perhaps the
most vocal advocate of electoral abstention ... Ramos Allup said those who
advocated participation in the December 2006 presidential elections would be
voting 'with their pants around their ankles. " He has disparaged those who
have declared themselves as candidates."
It's ironic that the same electoral process Ramos Allup boycotted and
denigrated in 2005 has today enabled him to lead parliament.
Accion Democratica, one of the traditional political parties in Venezuela
known for corruption, clientelism and neoliberalism has been a major
recipient of international financing, violating Venezuelan law that
prohibits foreign financing of political parties in the country. Ambassador
Brownfield criticized Ramos Allup's reliance on international support. In a
section of the secret document entitled "Solve Our Problems For Us,"
Brownfield wrote, "Rather than court Venezuelan voters, Ramos Allup's
principal political strategy has been to seek help from the international
community." Brownfield also revealed that representatives of Accion
Democratica (AD) "have explicitly and repeatedly sought funds and favors
from the Embassy. When refused by one Embassy official, they ask another."
In his text, Brownfield cites a specific example:
"AD first vice president, Victor Bolivar, who solicited funding from
political officer (poloff) organized a meeting in December 2005 with the
political counselor (PolCouns) to make the same pitch. When PolCouns changed
the subject, Bolivar and his fellow AD officials made the same long,
detailed request in English, in case poloff did not understand."
Ambassador Brownfield then recalled more examples of AD's constant requests
for money and favors from the US government: "Former AD National Assembly
deputy Pedro Pablo Alcantara calls and visits the Embassy regularly with
requests for visas, scholarships for friends, etc. He calls different
sections of the embassy if he does not receive what he requests."
Although Henry Ramos Allup has only been the new president of the National
Assembly of Venezuela for two days, his authoritarian tendencies are clear.
Ramos Allup already flagrantly violated a decision by the Supreme Tribunal
of Justice (TSJ) regarding the election of three legislators from Amazonas
state, swearing them into office while the election results are still under
review. The opposition leader has also abruptly shut off the microphones of
socialist legislators, removed the paintings of Simon Bolivar and Hugo
Chavez from the National Assembly grounds and has indicated that his main
objective is ousting President Maduro within the next six months.
His dictatorial propensity is well known by the US government. Ambassador
Brownfield underlined that Ramos Allup "does not support alternative views
... Not only is AD extremely vertically organized, it is also dictatorial."
Finally, Brownfield referred to Ramos Allup in his secret cable, which was
sent to the US Secretary of State, the US Southern Command and over a dozen
US Embassies in Latin America and the United Nations, as "delusional" and "a
relic of the past".
Unfortunately for Venezuela, it's a past that has returned to haunt the
present.
Despite full knowledge of Henry Ramos Allup's dictatorial and
anti-democratic intentions, the State Department congratulated the new
"democratic" National Assembly of Venezuela and its "important role
advancing and promoting a national dialogue." Far from promoting dialogue,
what Ambassador Brownfield described in his cable indicates that Henry Ramos
Allup's National Assembly will further divide and destabilize Venezuela.
It's not new for Washington to support dictatorships and authoritarian
governments and leaders in Latin America, so long as they serve US interests
and are subordinate to US agenda. Through USAID and NED, the US government
has invested millions of dollars in Henry Ramos Allup's party and his
opposition coalition. Never mind if he's a "delusional", "repellent" and
"crude" dictator, because he's Washington's delusional, repellent and crude
dictator.
The secret document published by Wikileaks can be found here.
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