in Venezuela's elections, and their active efforts to destroy the country's stability under a democratically elected government, including support of the 2002 violent military coup attempt, a crippling oil professionals' strike, a wasteful and absurd recall election (which Chavez won handily), and, lately, millions of our tax dollars poured into the opposition--Venezuela's tiny rich oil elite--through Bush State Department-controlled organizations like USAID and NED, to local organizations like Sumate. The Bush Junta clearly disapproves of Venezuela electing a government that represents the will of the people and acts in the interests of Venezuela.
Would that we had such a government here, Lugar.
But the fine and beautiful thing is that all this Bush activity to kill democracy in Venezuela and throughout South America is failing miserably to accomplish its purpose. We now have leftist (majorityist) governments in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and, mostly recently, Ecuador (and next election cycle, Peru). The more these new South American leaders move away from U.S./World Bank/Global Corporate Predator domination, the more popular they become.
NOTE: NGOs (non-profit groups) are required to register in the United States and to disclose their funding and expenditures. In Venezuela, it is ILLEGAL to accept foreign money for a domestic political campaign, as it is in the U.S.! The Bush Junta and its lapdog Congress have been breaking Venezuelan law. And the Venezuelans are naturally interested in Bush-funded NGOs disclosing their sources of income. Thus, this newly proposed law, which parallels laws in the U.S.
"Blatant disregard" (for "independent civil society" and "any form of political dissent")? What is that? "Blatant disregard"? Does it mean that the Chavez government disregards the 24/7 vituperation of the Chavez government by the corporate news monopolies in Venezuela? True enough. In Venezuela, all news is "Faux News." And Chavez blatantly disregards it. If he regarded it, he would tip the country over and pour all the oil profits into the pockets of the rich oil elite. He "disregards" that, and instead is using the oil profits for schools and medical clinics for the poor, and other social benefits. Does it mean that Chavez disallows political opposition, and denies them the right to protest, loudly, in street demonstrations, and in every other way? He may disregard it, but neither he nor his government disallows it. It's just that the majority of Venezuelans are too smart to heed and obey those with greedy and fascist intentions. In election after election, they have given the Chavez government 60% of their votes. Lugar may not like Venezuelans "blatantly disregarding" fascist bullshit. But that is their right, no? They also hand-count FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT of the ballots in Venezuela, cuz they don't trust the electronic voting machines. The Venezuelans' "blatant disregard" for the fascist Republican-type election theft is another strike against them. Why can't they be dirtbags like Bush and Lugar?
This is a slyly worded statement--"blatant disregard." It just skirts the edge of an outright lie. In truth, democracy, civil society and political dissent is alive and well in Venezuela. Check this poll, which reveals that Venezuelans view their own democracy is higher regard than any other people in South America, except Uruguay (which also has a leftist government).
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2179-------------------------------
More quotations from the WP article:
"Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on NGOs in various countries reveals a segment within the U.S. government 'who are blind, who continue on with the old scheme of seeing us as their backyard.'"
Yup, the Bushites--and too many of the Democrats as well--see Latin America is a place to exploit, a source of sweatshop labor, and a vast reserve of oil, gas, minerals, forests and other resources that our global corporate predators consider to be theirs. We kill people there, in collusion with fascist elites--hundreds of thousands of people. We throw leftists out of airplanes. We torture peasants and indigenous indians. Because it's OURS, all OURS. Maduro understates the case. Our country has inflicted decades of horror on South Americans, all for greed. How dare they monitor the Bush Junta funding of fascists who would re-introduce these horrors for their own profit?
"Worrisome," Lugar says. "Worrisome." You bet it's worrisome--to those with ill intent!
The last sentence of the WP article is precious:
"Chavez has accused Washington of funding efforts to destabilize his government through NGOs. The U.S. government denies it, saying millions of dollars have gone toward nonpartisan pro-democracy work."
Bushites funding "nonpartisan pro-democracy work"?
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