5. There is absolutely no proof that Venezuela has offered any type of "covert" support for the FARC. This is complete speculation, or a complete fabrication, which would mean, a complete lie. Furthermore, the FARC has been labeled "terrorists" by only the USA and a few countries such as Canada - and this name-calling only happened recently.
Then they state: "Pressure Chavez All of this spells disaster for the people of Venezuela -- and the hemisphere."
All of what?
- Electricity and water rationing (caused by climate change) which is being actively addressed?
- Inflation, mainly caused by hyper-capitalistic private enterprise, which is also being very actively addressed by nationalizing the main perpetrators?
- Transfer of technology from Iran, Russia, China, Brazil and Belarus because of US embargoes and US-led demonization of Venezuela?
Note that they did not mention the fact that Venezuela has very strong ties to China (one of the few members on the UN security council).
Then - "It can be avoided only by the concerted effort of other countries in the region to pressure Mr. Chavez to moderate his behaviour and adhere to the rules of democracy."
This has to be a joke. Venezuela is the most democratic country I have ever been to, and Chavez has never acted outside of this context. The weird thing is that most of the people who are anti-Chavez, and who think that Chavez is acting undemocratically (such as the writers) were in full agreement with the undemocratic, US-financed and US-backed coup against democratically-elected Chavez in 2002.
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