[NYTr] Attackers Destroy Glass Monument to Che in Venezuela

Tue Oct 23 02:54:19 EDT 2007

[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.

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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)

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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.