The answer:
He, who has never been to Venezuela, reads and believes (without much questioning) whatever material is published by well-established, supposedly professional (and supposedly honest) organizations such as The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, the US State Department, global economics and trade organizations, university research and global think-tanks comprised of "well-respected" experts like himself.
And/or -
Like many, he gets conned by phrases such as: --in Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez' best style, he made himself President for life."
And/or -
He does not notice that some of the articles he reads are in fact opinion articles and not news articles.
And/or -
He, like many, cannot believe that those "professional" sources filled with "well-respected professionals" are in fact capable of lying through their teeth, whether out of ignorance or intent. That would destroy his entire world - and then - reality would cave in on him - and he'd probably end up on the street - or commit suicide after realizing that his life till that point has been mostly one big, fat lie.
Back to the dissection. The dissection is done for the benefit of those readers who are not scared of reality caving in on them.
The article in question is entitled, Venezuela heads toward disaster - OUR OPINION: Region's leaders need to act and was posted on the Miami Herald website on February 8, 2010. Coincidentally, the article provides no mention of authorship, so I will assume the article was written/revised by several writers and/or editors.
It begins with: "What little is left of Venezuela's democracy has taken a literal beating from President Hugo Chavez" - uniformed goon squads -- again. Police used a variety of weapons, from water cannons to plastic bullets, last week to disperse hundreds of student protesters who refuse to knuckle under to an increasingly desperate and unpopular president determined to remain in power at all costs."
1. "What little is left of Venezuela's democracy" is the opinion of some unknown authors. I repeat, it is an opinion, as is the rest of the article. From my viewpoint, Venezuela has the strongest and freest democracy I have ever lived in (I live there) and I am in a relatively good position to compare since I have lived in and/or worked in 34 countries.
2. Uniformed goon squads? Again, this is an opinion, and it basically reflects hate because the authors are referring to Venezuela's National Guard and/or police forces, who were there to protect the citizenry from assaults perpetrated by the violent anti-Chavez protesters and from vandalism also perpetrated by the same protesters. In fact, it was widely reported by the North American media that two students were killed during some of the recent student protests against Chavez, implying that it was anti-Chavez students who were assassinated and that they were assassinated by the Venezuelan National Guard or police (the "goons"). It now appears that the two students who were killed were pro-Chavez and were assassinated by anti-Chavez protesters " but this is conveniently unreported in the west. We should have more details in the next weeks.
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