[burzum]

For those who are following Venezuelan politics, Patricia Poleo is a journalist that the chavistas hate. She has embarrassed the Chavez regime multiple times (including proving that Chavez was protecting narcotrafficers winning her the King of Spain Journalism Award) and was one of the top reasons that Venezuela enacted a 30 yr prison sentence for 'defaming' government officials and why there is such a push to close non-state owned media channels (such as the recent order to close the independent RCTV channel). Currently the Chavistas are charging her with a murder in which she uncovered that a Venezuelan prosecutor, Danilo Anderson, was killed by a car bomb due to his ties with Venezuelan and foreign criminal elements. This was an excellent scapegoat for the Chavistas because the prosecutor was in charge of prosecuting hundreds of opposition members, so they made him a martyr when he was killed by the Venezuelan mob. The case against her was based upon one witness, Geovanny Vásquez, who was shown to be lying about many things (including being at a supposed meeting with Poleo in Panama when he was in prison in Colombia or that he got a doctorate in psychiatry at John Hopkins University). When the media started questioning the story of Vásquez, the Chávez regime ordered media silence on him.

Anyways, to make a long story short, Patricia Poleo went into hiding and eventually fled to the US. And on Thursday she was granted asylum.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..Anyways, to make a long story short, Patricia Poleo went into hiding and eventually fled to the US. And on Thursday she was granted asylum."

Should there be an "Accident" involving this lady in the US. Chavez should know that can go both ways.

[Army Air Corps]

Chavez Ping

[Lancey Howard]

Venezuela is a perfect audio-visual aid for the kind of socialism that our own Democrat Party wants for America. In studying Venezuela you can see many of the final fruits of the liberal Democrat agenda:

1. McCain-Feingold (Venezuela enacted a 30 yr prison sentence for 'defaming' government officials)
2. The "Fairness Doctrine" and "Internet Neutrality" (there is a push to close non-state owned media channels, such as the recent order to close the independent RCTV channel)

These things are a natural evolution of the kind of secular-socialist welfare state that is the top priority of Democrat leadership. Many of the seeds have already been planted.

Fasten your seatbelts. No joke.