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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

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15. It just seemed a little too coincidental when bad news or big stories come out of Ven

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #12)

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 04:23 PM

Jan 2013

and he comes out with an op/ed within 48 hours of the event defending the Chavez administration. I believe that CEPR has taken over the role of the VIO of combating negative press on the adminstration.

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looks that way to me Bacchus4.0 Jan 2013 #6

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It just seemed a little too coincidental when bad news or big stories come out of Ven Bacchus4.0 Jan 2013 #15

Do you have a good source for your claim Weisbrot works for the Venezuelan government? n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #4

yep, see what I just posted n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2013 #7

Thanks Judi Lynn polly7 Jan 2013 #9

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