Then - "Isn't that what the Organization of American States is for? Mr. Chavez has undermined, if not destroyed Venezuela's once vibrant, if imperfect, democracy."
Chavez has destroyed Venezuela's democracy? How?
Anyone can visit Venezuela, spend a few months there, travel the country freely " and check it all out personally. Venezuela's democracy, compared to times prior to Chavez, is more than vibrant. Prior to Chavez there existed little freedom of speech and many dissidents and journalists were assassinated or "disappeared." These people have very short memories " or they just don't want you to know the truth.
Then they say, "He has bullied his neighbors, fueled a regional arms race and brought political tensions inside the country to a boiling point."
1. What neighbors has Chavez bullied? That is a mystery to me " and to anyone with a good knowledge of Venezuela.
2. What regional arms race? There is no such thing as a regional arms race. Venezuela simply bought military equipment to renew its aging and non-repairable equipment. Venezuela is not competing in arms with anyone.
3. Political tensions to a boiling point? Where? Inside Venezuela? I live there and I don't see it like that.
Since Chavez was first elected in 1998, there have always been political tensions (and that is normal, because there are some people that simply hate Chavez, no matter what), but the tensions were much more intense in 2002 and 2003. The "tensions to the boiling point" is, I think, being created and propelled by the media (like by the Miami Herald) " much in the same way that "weapons of mass destruction" and the "axis of evil" were invented or like "Chavez the dictator" was created and promoted as fact.
And finally the authors says: "The region's leaders shouldn't wait for domestic bloodshed or a cross-border conflict to move them to act."
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