House Resolution Designates Venezuela a State Sponsor of Terrorism - by Stephen Lendman
At a time of growing US poverty, hunger, homelessness, and despair, imperial wars without end, and the Obama administration even worse than its predecessor, Venezuela:
-- is a model participatory democracy;
-- holds free, fair and open elections;
-- respects the rule of law, civil liberties, and human rights;
-- doesn't intimidate its neighbors;
-- uses its resources responsibly for the people;
-- provides essential social services for the needy;
-- champions judicial fairness and the rule of law;
-- has a model free and open media;
-- wages no foreign wars;
-- doesn't torture or imprison its adversaries;
-- conducts effective operations to halt illicit drugs trafficking;
-- promotes global peace, solidarity, equality and social justice; and
-- its only threat is its good example that shames its northern neighbor.
In contrast, America:



