Moammar Gadhafi International Human Rights Prize recipients (really!!!)

HAVANA – Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro said Tuesday that unrest in Libya may be a pretext for a NATO invasion. Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega has jumped to the support of the embattled leader of the North African nation, saying he telephoned to express solidarity.

The protests sweeping across Libya have created challenges for the Latin American allies of Moammar Gadhafi.

Leftist governments in the Americas have long embraced him as a fellow fighter against U.S. influence in the world. Gadhafi has responded over the years by awarding the Moammar Gadhafi International Human Rights Prize to Castro and Ortega, as well as to Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Evo Morales of Bolivia.

His relations with Chavez are so warm that rumors that he was headed to Venezuela swept the world on Monday. Gadhafi took to television late Monday to deny them.

Actualy the first few years of gadhafi were good. He expelled western military bases and in fact was a supporter of womens rights. However, power corrupts and he became oppressive. I was an early Chavez supporter and approved of early much needed reforms, but of course power has gone to his head as well.

It's why we're so damn ardent that the stuff coming out of the mouths of these tyrants are lies.

"And the award for creating the most effective genocide in Latin-America goes to..."

We all hate President Bush and his record in Latin America. I thought this thread was about Ghadafi's relationship to latin america.

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