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Separately he said no anti-Semitic violence was committed against Venezuela's Jewish community. Claims otherwise are canards. Chavista anti-imperialism is misportrayed as government-sponsored anti-Semitism.
Anti-Defamation League demagoguery is longstanding. It's notorious. It played the Venezuelan anti-Semitism card numerous times. It's on the rise, it claimed. Chavez scapegoats Jews for political advantage.
It alleged "classical anti-Semitism" ahead of 2006 Venezuelan presidential elections." It repeated false charges after the 2010 Mavi Marmara massacre. It did so many other times.
Ahead of October 2012 elections, it claimed Chavez tried to portray opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski "as being tainted by his Jewish lineage." He did no such thing.
Capriles is a self-professed Catholic. He's the son of Jewish holocaust survivors. Chavez mocked no one's religion. He justifiably condemned Israeli crimes. He did so many times.
He maintained cordial relations with Caracas Jewish community leaders. In 2008, Latin American Jewish Congress president Jack Terpins said:
"The Jewish community is more at ease now with President Hugo Chavez, who demonstrated that he is a great friend of the Jewish community and who wants to fight anti-Semitism in Latin America."At the same time, Argentina's US ambassador Hector Timerman said Chavez works "with (Brazil's Lula and Argentina's Kirchner) to achieve total eradication of anti-Semitism in Latin America."
"This is a gesture that speaks about the leadership and opinions of President Chavez regarding the need to end all types of discrimination in our region."
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