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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:59 PM Aug 2012

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Ex-judge denounces corruption in Venezuelan regime

http://www.ntn24.com/news/news/ex-judge-denounces-corruption-13273

"President Chavez should know that there are drug traffickers among his favorite generals," Luis Velasquez Alvaray said in an interview.

Velasquez was interviewed in Costa Rica where he sought asylum after being charged with corruption in Venezuela.

He is the second former supreme court judge to flee to Costa Rica and make public accusations against the Chavez regime in interviews with the television station in the past month.

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He also accused former vice president Jose Vicente Rangel of running a network of corrupt judges, magistrates and prosecutors that imprisoned opponents of the regime and took bribes for favorable decisions in other cases.

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Ex-judge denounces corruption in Venezuelan regime (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 OP

He must be COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #1

should be an open-and-shut case, what with the reams of evidence provided.. frylock Aug 2012 #2

I believe he did in fact provide some documentation in his interview Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #3

So, is it a), b) or c) ? COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #4

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

1. He must be

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:18 PM

Aug 2012

a) a CIA plant
b) a traitorous running capitalist lackey
c) insane

Chavez supporters - pick your answer.

frylock

(34,825 posts)

2. should be an open-and-shut case, what with the reams of evidence provided..

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:42 PM

Aug 2012

oh yeh, no evidence offered whatsoever. just an accusation.

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)

3. I believe he did in fact provide some documentation in his interview

Reply to frylock (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:44 PM

Aug 2012

most of the links were in Spanish but I provided an English version for the benefit of all.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

4. So, is it a), b) or c) ?

Reply to frylock (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:38 PM

Aug 2012

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