Revista de la Mañana. Análisis Crítico de conflictos: Siria,Frontera Colombo-Ecuatoriana y Venezuela

Abstract

The War in Syria: De Currea Lugo argues that the US, French, and British airstrikes are symbolic, ineffective, and counterproductive. He argues that they do not stop the massacre (since less than 1% of deaths are from chemical weapons) and, on the contrary, strengthen nationalism and legitimize Bashar al-Assad's regime, which is winning the war militarily and has no incentive to negotiate. He describes the conflict as a "free-for-all" scenario with multiple internal (regime, rebels, Islamists), regional (Iran, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia), and global (Russia, US) actors, each pursuing their own agenda. He also explains the complex situation of the Kurdish people, a key player who has fought the Islamic State and controls part of northern Syria, but faces hostility from Turkey and an uncertain future. 2. The Colombian-Ecuadorean Border: Following the murder of the Ecuadorian journalists, the analyst describes the border as a reflection of Colombia's structural problems: the absence of a border policy, state neglect, and extreme poverty. He warns that the Nariño region is a hotbed of multiple illegal armed groups (FARC dissidents, ELN, and the Gulf Clan) and is home to international cartels like the Sinaloa cartel, which take advantage of the growth of coca crops and institutional weakness. The Situation in Venezuela: After a month of traveling around the country, De Currea Lugo criticizes the "post-truth" and extreme polarization surrounding the Venezuelan crisis. While confirming that the situation is serious ("Venezuela is screwed"), he clarifies that there is no "famine" on the scale of African countries, although hunger and malnutrition do exist. He denies that anyone is returning to Venezuela, citing migration figures that show a daily flow of people crossing to shop in Colombia and returning. He attributes the crisis not only to Maduro's administration, but to a historical problem of a rentier society dependent on oil that never diversified its economy, a responsibility shared by Chavismo and previous governments. The central message of his speech is an invitation not to "swallow everything," to go to the territory, and to understand the complexity of the conflicts beyond the polarized versions