[As a result of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe's decision to allow six U.S. military bases on his country's soil the propaganda war has heated up in the Andean region. When Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez slug it out rhetorically the two constantly employ historical references, in particular to the Great Liberator Simón Bolívar. Why is this Bolivarian rhetoric still so common and integral to politics in the Andean region? ]
Colombian Elites Fear Bolivaran Revolution
August 25th 2009, by Nikolas Kozloff - Counterpunch.org
As a result of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe's decision to allow six U.S. military bases on his country's soil the propaganda war has heated up in the Andean region. In neighboring Venezuela, Hugo Chávez says Colombia is seeking to destabilize the border and has hinted that war could be imminent.
When Uribe and Chávez slug it out rhetorically the two constantly employ historical references, in particular to the Great Liberator Simón Bolívar. A leader of the independence struggle against Spain, Bolívar was a member of the Caracas aristocracy and liberated Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador from imperial rule in the early nineteenth century.
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