Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Miami Venezuelan Maletagate trial part VI: Will Maletagate become ONUgate? In the latest shocker from the Miami trial, there is a tape in which accused Franklin Duran also talks about buying votes for Hugo Chavez at the United Nation, when Venezuela tried to obtain a seat in the Security Council in 2006. Recall that Chavez tried by all means to do this and it all ended with a compromise that left Venezuela out. In the tape Duran is talking to the suitcase man Guido Antonini and Carlos Kauffmann and tells them "The President lost, so you know it...The President did not win that shit...But he lost because of himself, not because he did not do the job to get the votes". Antonini replies: "What do you mean the UN? Kauffmann: "Those flights were for that". Antonini: "What for?" Kauffmann: "So that the "negritos" (diminutive to black men) voted in the UN" Duran says to Antonini :" What do you have in your head?" to which he replies: "Do you think what I have is not important?" Someone (either Duran or Kauffmann) then says: "He is telling you, what do you think those flights were for? Do you think the Government wants, jerk, that Franklin's credit card shows up paying flights for "chinitos" (little chinese). Can't you imagine what a mess that will be? Don't jerk with me! Antonini then says: "Did we do it with Muslims too?" There you have it. Now the corruption tentacles of the Chavez administration reach the United Nations where he tries to use his petrodollars to buy votes to exert political influence. Not that it surprises us, but here is another little bomb that may turn Maletagate into ONUgate very quickly as Venezuela looks more and more like an absolute outlaw country. 8:53:29 AM    comment []