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Calling a Spade a Spade: US NEWS MEDIA WAKES UP
The Sixth Republic ^ | Dec. 18, 2004 | Alexandra Beech

Posted on 12/18/2004 8:06:03 PM PST by Kitten Festival

While the Venezuelan government takes moves to silence the local media and opposition protests, US newspapers have quietly published editorials describing the Venezuelan government as a dictatorship. The usually reticent and liberal Los Angeles Times reports that the dictatorship has “gradually been stripping Venezuelans of their basic rights and freedoms,” and that “Chavez is systematically clamping down on democratic freedoms.” The facts, according to the Los Angeles Times, are undeniable:

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democracy; hugochavez; losangelestimes; miamiherald; thugs; venezuela; wakeup
Beautifully written analysis of the US media finally waking up at long last to the depredations of Venezuela's monstrous dictator Hugo Chavez.
1 posted on 12/18/2004 8:06:04 PM PST by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival

Carter just can't seem to pick the right side of anything,can he?


2 posted on 12/18/2004 8:32:45 PM PST by loboinok (GUN CONTROL IS HITTING WHAT YOU AIM AT.)
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To: loboinok

No. He absolutely sucks.


3 posted on 12/18/2004 8:34:50 PM PST by Kitten Festival (The Thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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