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GatoGordo

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4. "Look for yourself, think for yourself, and don't stop until you know you've reached the truth."
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 03:01 PM
Feb 2019

That's the problem. Most of us have dug EXTENSIVELY into the truth, and have discovered that the disaster that is Bolivarian Socialism cannot be excused by ANYONE who considers themselves a Democrat. We know the truth, because we are not blinded by extremist dogma.

Francisco Toro is very center-left, if not leftist. His disdain for Trump, Bush and the Republican cabal is well noted. What he is NOT is a Trotskyist, Marxist, Leninist, Maoist or Stalinist. If that makes him a "right-winger" in your book, I guess we know where the apologists for Chavismo are coming from on the political perspective spectrum.

Please, if you would be so kind, would you give us the name of a single MAINSTREAM "right-wing" political party in Venezuela, so we know who to be on the lookout for? Just one political party. Because those of us who are actually familiar with Venezuela know that before Chavez came to power in 1999, Venezuela was actually quite left. (Acción Democrática, Copei)

Though apparently not "left enough"?

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