An article written by Humberto Vacaflor, main thoughts follow, if you want to read the entire Spanish article, please see the link at the end of this post:

The authorities in Rio de Janeiro are determined to show the world that in that city, and throughout Brazil, there is no parallel governments, or at least that there will not be when the time of the next World Cup and the Olympics.

Countries should not have to wait for their turn to host the World Cup to clarify, within its borders, there are no parallel governments inside; and that the State, in each case, has real control of its territory.

The former president Cesar Gaviria told me a few nights ago in Rio, where he attended the XII Ibero-American Forum, that the Colombian government only controls 40% of the territory of their country, but continues to move to end parallel governments.

Maps are prepared by drug experts showing Mexican territory distributed among the different drug mafias, in a way, agreeing with George W. Bush, who said that the State of Mexico does not control all its territory.

In order not to go further away, the Peruvian government does not control an area known as the VRAE, which is governed by the narco-guerrillas of Sendero Luminoso [Shinning Path]. To survive, the heirs of terrorist Abimael Guzman had to go into the jungle and take refuge in the midst of illegal coca.

In Bolivia, the Chapare parallel government has just given a demonstration of its power. Is forcing the central government to review a recently enacted law, a law that would put safely TIPNIS away from the incursion of the coca growers.

The power of this parallel government is so large that has placed current Bolivian president under tremendous distress. He would have to use his elbow to erase the law he signed by hand. But how will the president do to cope with the shame that this change implies. Assembly [former Congress] members, who had to pass very quickly a short law, must now have to raise their hands again to pass even faster, a law against it.

The parliament of the multinational and multilingual people, will have to learn this lesson when it comes to affect the interests of the coca growers of Chapare, it is best not to rush.

The Chapare had only “loaned” Bolivia a leader. So, let no one get their hopes up thinking that this leader has to stop responding to the interests of the Chapare parallel government.

Perón [Argentinian populist president, mid XX century] once said that people always go, either with their leaders at the head or go with the heads of their leaders. Assuming that all leaders have heads.

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