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AFRICAN VIOLENCE SPREADS WEST TO SOUTH AMERICA

May 28 2008

Montevideo, Uruguay – 83 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the last wave of violence to hit the Uruguayan capital. Local media is reporting that the most recent outburst began in the low income neighbourhood of Malvin Norte in the South eastern part of the city, but quickly spread to outlying areas. Police and military personnel were quickly dispatched to bring rioters under control. This is the fourth major outbreak of violence Uruguay in the last two weeks.

A Government  official tied this latest outbreak of violence to the ongoing spread of violence from Western Africa, the effects of which have been seen in Brazil, Paraguay, and as far west as Ecuador. Government officials are putting the blame solely on the activities on the continent to the east.

“As far as we are concerned, the ongoing violence in our country and in our neighbours is directly attributable to the violence going on throughout Africa,” said Uruguayan Government spokesperson Georgio Arroyo-Ramirez. “The Uruguayan people do not behave like this. A certain madness seems to have overtaken them. We do have the situation under control for now but cannot guarantee that will remain so as long as foreign countries continue to export their violence to our borders.”

Two weeks ago student protests in the Angolan capital of Luanda claimed the lives of ten and injured dozens more. The violence was quickly halted, but a similar incident in Sao Paulo brought fears that the African violence had spread across the Atlantic.

The Angolan President Jose E. Dos Santos last week denied any possible connection between his countries problems and the problems now occurring across South America, “It is ludicrous to imagine that such a thing could happen. We have our problems but we own up to them and deal with them ourselves. The Urguayin (sic) government needs to own up to their responsibilities instead of blaming others.”

The Angolan sentiment seems to be the prevalent one, even to other afflicted countries. The Brazilian government issued a brief statement stating in part “...it is imaginable that violence could spread from border to border, but unimaginable that it could spread across an ocean. The Uruguayan government must get a better handle on their people to quell the violence.”

Similarly U.S. officials dismissed the claims, but the Uruguayan government is defiant. “We will deal with these violent acts, but we will not accept responsibility. Others countries cannot control their population but we can. We will not allow other countries to undermine the will of the Uruguayan government or the Uruguayan people.”

As of this writing the government seems to have at least temporarily quelled the violence.

Emil Uliya, International Correspondent

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