right at the beginning of Hugo Chavez' Presidency until the Times saw all three of their Latin American "journalists" leave, and not a minute too soon.
No difference between them and Judith Miller, who "contributed" so much concerning the Iraq War of George W. Bush.
People who've been studying and researching every day since then had his number right from the first, and would never take a word he has written seriously. Never.
Same with the Washington Post's editorial opinion, as well as the Wall Street Journalists.
The right-wing poseurs who infested DU at that time, and bragged about their success at "conservative" message boards have run off so many people who just got tired of the gang-attacking from the right hiding in plain sight at this progressive board, that almost all the time they seem to have the run of the place concerning Latin American countries trying to go left, and live without the domination of the most powerful country on the planet.
That's O.K.
I remain, and I will always encourage people who are just trying to get the lay of the land to jump in and start reading the history of Latin America, and don't stop until you see the light. It will come, and you will know it when you have finally seen through the propaganda curtain.
Look for yourself, think for yourself, and don't stop until you know you've reached the truth.
It takes personal involvement to find the truth which so many people have worked so hard to bury.
Remember the old saying, "A lie is half-way around the world while the truth is still putting on its boots."