One clue can be found by looking at the Venezuelan opposition's response to the news and investigative reports about the involvement of Diaz and his accused killers in organized crime. Opposition politicians, who had quickly blamed the government for the murder when it happened, haven't said anything. They are normally not shy about ridiculing the government for putting its spin on events. According to press reports, politicians from Acción Democrática, a Venezuelan political party, did not show up at Díaz's funeral. The overall silence has been deafening. This could be because everyone has concluded that the government's version of the story is basically true.

And reporters for the international and Venezuelan opposition media have shown no interest in the criminal investigation or related facts. Since this was a major event that has shaped perceptions of the electoral process in Venezuela in the middle of a hotly-contested campaign, one might think it would be of interest to reporters covering the campaign. (Another missed story: how did Acción Democrática end up with an organized crime figure as their statewide secretary general?)

So far, no journalist has even bothered to ask opposition politicians, or supporters such as Hillary Clinton or OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, if they believe this was a political killing in light of the criminal investigation. Almagro has been campaigning against Venezuela since the election campaign started. Immediately after the murder, he issued a statement that strongly implied that the government was responsible.

On Thursday, Venezuela's attorney general released a statement that one of the arrested suspects, Ronald Hernandez, had confessed to having fired the bullets that killed Díaz. As of this writing, no major English language news outlet has reported this news.

This article has no credibility whatsoever.

That Diaz was a criminal? That he was part of a mafia? If he really did have that kind of criminal record, why didn't it come to light sooner? Ah, but then he gets murdered in a political rally and becomes international news, so the government has to do everything it can to tarnish the victim's image to somehow try to imply that he was scum that we should not feel sorry for in order to make it seem like the opposition is a band of criminals, ALL OF THIS happening right before an important election.

Yeah, no, Weisbrot is a lying sack of shit, or at the very least an unprofessional and naive fool. Maybe a paid shill from the Ven. govt just like that hag of Eva Golinger. He's chavismo's attempt to SOMEWHAT retain some kind of reputation in mainstream western journalism.

By the way, what's your opinion of children being used for propaganda purposes? Do you support it or condone it? You didn't exactly answer that clearly the other day.