Curaçao Faces Friction With Chávez Over U.S. Planes -- New York TimesHATO, Curaçao — This small island in the Netherlands Antilles might go unnoticed by its neighbors if not for the importance of the foreign interests it hosts: an American Air Force installation pivotal in fighting the region’s drug trade and a huge refinery that turns Venezuelan oil into gasoline.
Chafing at the American military outpost just 40 miles from Venezuela’s coast, President Hugo Chávez is testing Curaçao’s nerves by repeatedly claiming that the Dutch government, which oversees defense issues here, is letting Washington use Curaçao as a base for planning a possible attack on Venezuela.
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My Comment: It is silly to believe that such a small U.S. base is a strategic threat against Venezuela. Instead .... Venezuela's concerns are focused on U.S. surveillance of cocaine shipments through their country .... a trend that has been increasing as neighboring Colombia continues to curtail and combat narco gangs within its own country.
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