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03/02/2006:

"Secessionist rumblings in Zulia state in western Venezuela"

Advertising hoardings promoting “Own direction for Zulia” in the context of “liberal capitalism” appeared in this western state of Venezuela and which was labelled part of a secessionist campaign by local media.

The digital publication Aporrea (www.aporrea.org ) indicated that the “Zulianity” adopted by a section of the opposition is the start of “a new campaign to propel an imperialist coup” against the revolutionary process of President Hugo Chavez.

These hoardings contain a subliminal message about the separation of this state from the rest of Venezuela. Zulia is controlled by the opposition and this campaign is a project previously denounced by Venezuelan authorities.

Advertising hoardings promoting “Own direction for Zulia” in the context of “liberal capitalism” appeared in this western state of Venezuela and which was labelled part of a secessionist campaign by local media.

Analysts confirm that the proposal of a capitalist direction for Zulia is intended to prepare the general public for a violent separation from the rest of Venezuela and the privatization of public services.

Let’s also remember that on “Zulia Day” the US Ambassador in Venezuela, William Brownfield was invited to a local television programme in which he catalogued Zulia as the best state of Venezuela. In 2005, Brownfield visited Zulia some 17 times and this state is also where the war games exercise “Operation Balboa” to invade Venezuela was played out in Madrid in May 2001 by NATO and US commanders.

Authorities and the media had previously alerted about the existence of a secessionist plan for Zulia as part of actions planned against the government of President Chavez.

This state where a great deal of Venezuela’s oil wealth is located, is controlled by opposition governor Manuel Rosales who has been accused of participating in conspiracy meetings with ex military coup mongers and Colombian paramilitaries.
axisoflogic.com