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Chavez Blames "A Vast Rightwing Conspiracy"
From his tireless boosters at the Associated Press:
Chavez denounces critics of TV shutdown
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer, Fri Jun 1
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez has claimed that a right-wing
conspiracy led by Washington is out to demonize his government for forcing
an opposition TV channel off the air.
The government refused to renew the license of Radio Caracas Television,
or RCTV, forcing the channel off the air Sunday and sparking both angry
protests at home and condemnation abroad from governments, press freedom
groups and international organizations.
Speaking during an event Thursday with the visiting leader of Vietnam's
communist party, Chavez said "international rightist, extreme-rightist and
fascist movements are attacking Venezuela from everywhere - from Europe, the
United States, Brasilia."
He targeted Brazil's Senate for approving a motion earlier in the day
including a call for Chavez to reopen the channel.
"Nobody should interfere," Chavez said, accusing lawmakers in Brazil of
"repeating like a parrot what is said in Washington."
"To those representatives of the Brazilian right, I say that it is much,
much, much more probable that the Portuguese empire will again install
itself in Brasilia than that the Venezuelan government will return the
expired (broadcast) concession to the Venezuelan oligarchy," Chavez said.
Hugo sounds more like Hillary every day.
And of course, vice versa.
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Meanwhile, Hillary hires Berger as a consultant on her campaign. Consider
that move in light of what she said regarding the commutation of Scooter
Libby's sentence:
"This commutation sends the clear signal that in this administration,
cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice."- Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton, D-N.Y.
From his tireless boosters at the Associated Press:
Chavez denounces critics of TV shutdown
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer, Fri Jun 1
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez has claimed that a right-wing
conspiracy led by Washington is out to demonize his government for forcing
an opposition TV channel off the air.
The government refused to renew the license of Radio Caracas Television,
or RCTV, forcing the channel off the air Sunday and sparking both angry
protests at home and condemnation abroad from governments, press freedom
groups and international organizations.
Speaking during an event Thursday with the visiting leader of Vietnam's
communist party, Chavez said "international rightist, extreme-rightist and
fascist movements are attacking Venezuela from everywhere - from Europe, the
United States, Brasilia."
He targeted Brazil's Senate for approving a motion earlier in the day
including a call for Chavez to reopen the channel.
"Nobody should interfere," Chavez said, accusing lawmakers in Brazil of
"repeating like a parrot what is said in Washington."
"To those representatives of the Brazilian right, I say that it is much,
much, much more probable that the Portuguese empire will again install
itself in Brasilia than that the Venezuelan government will return the
expired (broadcast) concession to the Venezuelan oligarchy," Chavez said.
Hugo sounds more like Hillary every day.
And of course, vice versa.
--
Meanwhile, Hillary hires Berger as a consultant on her campaign. Consider
that move in light of what she said regarding the commutation of Scooter
Libby's sentence:
"This commutation sends the clear signal that in this administration,
cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice."- Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton, D-N.Y.
