President of Ecuador Rafael Correa talking about chemtrails - video

[jvnk08]

I just came across this video which supposedly shows the president of Ecuador Rafael Correa talking about chemtrails:

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This is the translation I've seen accompanying it:

"-First that all the planes that sprayed on our borders are not Colombian, they are of DynCorp, a U.S. company, because it is funded by the United States. They spray there and turn to our territory and continue spraying. Ask people.

- But what is "intercept", Mr. President?

-That at the time they get to our territory we will have a subsonic plane forcing it to land in Ecuadorean territory and capturing it.

-Forcing it?

-Yes, sir."

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Any thoughts on this? I have a feeling he's talking about some form of spraying(crop dusting or maybe drug war defoliants?), but not actually about "chemtrails" specifically. Apologies if this has been addressed here previously, I couldn't find any mention of it.

 

[Mick West]

Yeah, it's about the crop spraying, which is a controversial issue there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_eradication

Aerial spraying of glyphosate herbicide, one of the most controversial methods of coca eradication, has taken place in Colombia exclusively because of that government's willingness to cooperate with the United States in the militarized eradication of coca after signing Plan Colombia in 2000. In fact, Colombia is the only country in the world that permits aerial-spraying of drug producing crops.[2]​ In many cases the spraying is carried out by American contractors, such as DynCorp, using planes and helicopters to spray Roundup on coca plantations. Aerial spraying has been repeatedly condemned by human rights and environmental activists because of its effect on human populations and local soil and water systems.

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Correa is taling about planes that spray the cocaine in Columbia, but stray over the border into Ecuador.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2006/12/2008525144620217861.html

Ecuador riled by coca spraying

President-elect labels Colombia's drug-crop eradication programme a "hostile act". Last Modified: 14 Dec 2006 21:02 GMT

Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorian president-elect, has said that Colombia's renewed programme to spray coca plantations on the border was a "hostile act", increasing tensions between the South American neighbours.

"We consider it a hostile act by the Colombian government, we cannot accept fumigation on our northern frontier," Correa, who was elected last month, said in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.

US aid against Farc

Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian president, receives millions of dollars in US aid to fight the illegal drugs trade and combat the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (Farc), the country's main left-wing guerrilla group.

Uribe said the crop spraying was necessary to fight drug trafficking that helps Farc to finance its resistance programme.

"In the end everyone will have to understand that Colombia cannot allow the Farc to keep growing drugs in the area," Uribe told reporters in Bogota.


Colombia, the world's main cocaine producer, halted herbicide spraying in a 10km zone near the border with Ecuador a year ago, after campaigners complained about the impact on local residents and legal crops.

Non-toxic defence

However, Colombia renewed the spraying of herbicides on Monday and has denounced criticism of its actions by stating that the herbicide used is not toxic.

But Correa said: "Colombia's government has supposed studies, without much basis, that say it's not harmful, but ethics demand that as long as there is not certainty you should not use the product.

"The planes pass to the Ecuadorian side of the border, and I insist they kill crops and sometimes Ecuadorian farmers."

Correa said he would seek the backing of other South American governments to pressure Colombia to stop spraying coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine.

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[Steve Funk]

Not even the Italian subtitles have any mention of chemtrails. It is only in the imagination of whoever uploaded and copied it.

 

[Mick West]

Not even the Italian subtitles have any mention of chemtrails. It is only in the imagination of whoever uploaded and copied it.

It's the old "they are spraying chemicals, therefore that is a chemtrail" argument. Just one step up from "jet exhaust has chemicals in it, therefore they are chemtrails". It's an argument from semantics.