To be sure, Chávez is absolutely crucial to FARC’s survival, given its current, undoubtedly weakened condition. But, having met Chávez personally a dozen times, it appears naïve, at least to me, to attribute great significance or conviction to anything he says – moderate, hard left, or in between.
其次，断定查韦斯的一个讲话就等同于对一个原则的根本性确认是极其危险的。固然，鉴于其现在毋庸置疑的孱弱处境，查韦斯对哥伦比亚革命武装力量的生存绝对至关重要。但是，根据和查韦斯亲自会面十几次的经验，至少对我来说，对他说的任何话－不管是温和的，极左的还是中间的－赋予极大的重要性或者予以深信似乎都很天真。查韦斯可能已经选择了一个较小的战术“修正”，以等待在某一天进行战斗。