Communist Bloc Military Updates: Chavez hails strategic allies Russia, China; lauds Putin's support during 2002 coup; demands militarization of ALBA

We've found in Russia a real strategic ally like in China and many other countries too. I remember the efforts by Vladimir before the coup of 2002 because they [the Russians] knew many things. He tried to prevent it but it was inevitable — the empire [USA] had already decided to overthrow the (Chavez) government.
-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for his regime during 2002 coup; June 6, 2007

Two days ago we posted an exclusive interview with John Stormer, author of the classic best-selling expose of communism None Dare Call It Treason (1964). In the updated version of the book (published in 1990) Stormer considers the writings of KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn, who predicted with great accuracy that the Soviet Union and its allies in the Communist Bloc were pursuing a long-range strategy of deception, subversion, convergence, and war against the USA and its allies. That strategy entailed the bogus "collapse" of communism in Eastern Europe, the formation of an open Moscow-Beijing Axis referred to as "one clenched fist," the stealthy establishment of new socialist states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and the neutralization of European institutions such as NATO and the European Union (Mikhail Gorbachev's "new European Soviet"). All points of this strategy have been accomplished with little notice in the West. The USA and its (few remaining) allies are not prepared, militarily or spiritually, to confront a resurgent, war-ready Communist Bloc.

Chavez hails 'strategic' alliance with Russia, China
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 6, 2007

CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday hailed what he called a "strategic" alliance with Vladimir Putin, saying the Russian president tried to prevent a 2002 coup that briefly ousted him.

"We've found in Russia a real strategic ally like in China and many other countries too," Chavez said, adding he would try to make room in his agenda to accept an invitation from Putin to visit Moscow.

Chavez, who accuses the U.S. government of backing the 2002 coup against him, said Putin had tried to help him at the time.

"I remember the efforts by Vladimir before the coup of 2002 because they knew many things," Chavez said. "He tried to prevent it but it was inevitable — the empire had already decided to overthrow the (Chavez) government."

Chavez's government has fostered closer ties with Moscow particularly through military deals worth an estimated US$3 billion (€2.2 billion). Venezuela is buying Kalashnikov rifles, Sukhoi fighter jets, M-17 helicopters and other arms from Russia.

Chavez also weighed in on a dispute between Washington and Russia over U.S. plans for an anti-missile defense shield in Europe that would include the Czech Republic and Poland, and praised Putin for strongly opposing it.

"In Russia there is a leader of courage speaking clearly for the good of humanity," Chavez said, calling the shield an "irrational" idea that revealed the "hegemonic intentions" of the U.S.

Washington says the shield will help block potential attacks from "rogue" nations such as North Korea and Iran, but Russia is concerned it will destabilize the balance of power in Europe.

Source: International Herald Tribune

Not content that the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, the darling of peaceniks and assorted leftist rabblerousers everywhere, should remain a socialist economic-cultural bloc, Comrade Hugo intends to transform Latin America's Red Axis into an anti-USA military alliance too. ALBA, it should be remembered, is simply an extension of the Moscow-Beijing Axis in the Western Hemisphere and, hence, is following the same pattern as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The SCO began as an economic-cultural bloc, but has since been militarized, notwithstanding the Kremlin's attempt to portray the SCO as a harmless "police" agency that combats drug and arms trafficking, and terrorism. Pictured above are the leaders of ALBA at the organization's Fifth Summit in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, April 2007: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Communist Party of Cuba Politburo member Carlos Lage, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and Bolivian President Evo Morales. Pictured too is Haitian President Rene Preval. Haiti is not currently a member of ALBA but, like Argentina, is closely allied with the Havana-Caracas-Managua-Sucre/La Paz Axis.

Chavez Calls for Leftist Defense Bloc in Latin America
Thursday, June 07, 2007

CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez called for the creation of a common defense pact between Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia, while the leftist Latin American bloc announced the creation of a development bank to finance joint projects.

Chavez said Wednesday that the four-nation Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, which began as a socialist-leaning trade group, should cooperate militarily to become more independent of U.S. influence.

"It seems to be the moment to establish a joint defense strategy," Chavez said. He called for joint military aid as well as intelligence and counterintelligence cooperation "to prepare our people for defense so that nobody makes any mistake with us."

Chavez denounced countries in the region that collaborate with the United States on defense and security through the Washington-based Inter-American Defense Board.

He said closer defense cooperation was necessary because of "the terrorism and permanent aggression of the United States."

The countries also signed an agreement to establish an ALBA development bank to finance joint projects. The bank will be active within two months, the Venezuelan government said. It did not give details on the new bank's funding.

Chavez ran through other accords being evaluated by the bloc in areas including tourism, mining, the environment, technology and energy. He also said that a permanent ALBA secretariat would soon be established.

ALBA began as an agreement between Chavez and his Cuban mentor, Fidel Castro, calling for cooperation based on socialist principles. Bolivia and Nicaragua later joined, and Ecuador is considering membership.

Source: FoxNews.com

Russian Communist Legislators Invite Chavez to Address Duma, Persuade Russians to Vote Red

Latin America is turning Red.
-- Gennady Zyuganov, Chair, Communist Party of the Russian Federation; quoted in Eurasia Daily Monitor, January 27, 2006

Meanwhile, the Russian Duma faction of the Communist Party is urging that body to invite the Venezuelan dictator to address Russian legislators, no doubt to impart a positive spin to the implementation of "21st-century socialism" in not only Latin America but also in Russia, where that country's secret communist rulers always intended to restore a "kinder, gentler" version of the old Soviet Union. The proposed invitation follows on the heels of CPRF chairman Gennady Zyuganov's tour of Mexico, Cuba, and Venzuela in April. During his final stop, in Caracas, Comrade Gennady conferred with leaders of the pro-Chavez Communist Party of Venezuela. Comrade Hugo last visited Moscow in July 2006. A pep talk from Chavez might persuade Russian citizen-slaves to turn against the "pro-Western neo-fascist" United Russia party and vote "communist" during the 2007-2008 political season.

Russian leftist MPs keen to invite Chavez to Moscow
17:2708/ 06/ 2007

MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Communist lawmakers suggested Friday that Venezuela's left-wing president speak in Russia's parliament about his ambitious reform program.

Konstantin Kosachev, head of the State Duma's international relations committee, said the normal practice in parliament's lower house had so far been to invite foreign parliamentary speakers, not heads of state, but that an exception could be made for Chavez, given his high popularity with Russian legislators.

Viktor Ilyukhin, of the State Duma Communist Party faction, said many Russian MPs would like to learn firsthand about the socialist reforms Hugo Chavez is carrying out in his country.
The committee has passed the proposal to the Venezuelan ambassador to Russia, Kosachev said.

In a drive to nationalize industries, Chavez decreed earlier this year that foreign companies hand over control of four multibillion-dollar oil projects in the Orinoco basin, and took over the telephone operator CANTV and other major utilities.

The recent closure of the RCTV channel May 27 sparked mass public protests in Venezuela, after Chavez refused to renew its license replacing it with a new state-owned channel, Tves, aimed at promoting socialist ideology. The move was widely seen as a crackdown on the freedom of speech in the media and condemned by many countries, including the U.S.

But Chavez still enjoys wide popular support, notably for spending much of the country's oil revenue on food and medical subsidies.

Source: Novosti

The Kremlin's total solidarity with Latin America's Red Axis is evident in its support for the extradition from the USA of the International Left's favorite whipping boy, anti-Castro activist Luis Posada Carriles. At the same time Russia refuses to extradite to the United Kingdom FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko's alleged murderer Andrei Lugovoi.

Russian government exhorts the US administration to indict terrorist Posada Carriles
ABN 06/06/2007
Caracas, June 6th (ABN).

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs exhorted to the United States to pay attention to the appeal recently made by the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) about the need of indicting terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

Through a communiqué, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed that it would be positive for «the interest to consolidate the international terrorist cooperation» to take into account the opinion of the subregional bloc, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs published through a bulletin.

The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Maduros, received a copy of the communiqué issued by the Russian Ministry.

Source: Bolivarian News Agency