Amnesty International and the European parliament, among others, have condemned the judge's treatment
It is pretty obvious someone has been feeding Chomskys ego.
A prestigious organization asked him to intercede on behalf of the imprisoned judge.
So Chomsky gets the chance to be the internationally recognized hero whether he succeeds or not.
And since these prestigious Lefty organizations like Amnesty International Have come out against Chavez he is free to criticize him if it is to his advantage.
Sounds like the Carr Centre agreed to pay him more than Chavez was paying him.