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dbackjon

(6,578 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:49 PM Mar 2013

Venezuela: Chávez’s Authoritarian Legacy

Hugo Chávez’s presidency (1999-2013) was characterized by a dramatic concentration of power and open disregard for basic human rights guarantees.

After enacting a new constitution with ample human rights protections in 1999 – and surviving a short-lived coup d’état in 2002 – Chávez and his followers moved to concentrate power. They seized control of the Supreme Court and undercut the ability of journalists, human rights defenders, and other Venezuelans to exercise fundamental rights.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/05/venezuela-chavez-s-authoritarian-legacy

Hugo Chavez was no friend to Democracy, or to the poor people he claimed to be helping.

He was a dictator - power hungry, and did everything he could to remain in power.

Truth shall set you free from the Chavez-worship happening here.

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Venezuela: Chávez’s Authoritarian Legacy (Original Post) dbackjon Mar 2013 OP

Human Rights Watch OKNancy Mar 2013 #1

So said Michele Malkin. Cleita Mar 2013 #2

Yuck. Unrec. nt. polly7 Mar 2013 #3

Frontline: Coyotl Mar 2013 #4

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Coyotl Mar 2013 #5

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

1. Human Rights Watch

Reply to dbackjon (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:52 PM

Mar 2013

I do respect their work. I will definitely read the entire linked article.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

2. So said Michele Malkin.

Reply to dbackjon (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:57 PM

Mar 2013

I don't know where they got their info, but we debated all those accusations at length here at DU at one time or the other and found out that most of it was astroturf put out by those who opposed Chavez, almost word for word.