06 December 2005

Venezuela: Democracy under threat

I shared university accommodation, once, with a Chilean who was in exile after the CIA installed Pinochet -a dictator now facing charges of crimes against humanity- because he was a democratic socialist concerned for social justice. I see parallels with the situation in Venezuela. It's one of those things that makes you seriously question the wisdom of US foreign policy.

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