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magbana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 09:36 PM
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BoRev: "Jackson Peep, On Venezuelan Corruption" WaPo J. Diehl is at it again
"Jackson Peep, On Venezuelan Corruption

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The Washington Post editorial board is writing about Venezuela again today, but DON'T WORRY they still don't like this Hugo Chavez, not one bit, just like in the last 600 editorials. It never gets boring, this one opinion!

This week they are very concerned that opposition politicians have been investigated for corruption, in particular this one fella Manuel Rosales, who actively fled the country rather than explain what he was doing with all that extra cash money. Not so concerning, apparently, is the fate of former Caracas mayor Juan Barreto, also under investigation for suspicious money acquisition. Barreto, a noted Chavez ally and corrupt douchebag, doesn't get a single sympathetic mention, perhaps because it would just confuse the main point, which is that these investigations are a totally one-sided "crackdown on domestic opposition." Consistency is difficult sometimes!

You know what might make a fun Washington Post editorial one day, too? One about what happens to opposition candidates in next-door neighbor country (and model democracy) Colombia, like where in regional elections 18 short months ago, 30 candidates were just fucking stone cold murdered in the street. That would be a good editorial b/c it would be fun to find out why they deserved it or how this was "trending well" for Uribe or whatever.
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* Colombia
* Corruption
* Jackson Diehl
* Juan Barreto
* Manuel Rosales"
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:11 PM
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1. LOL
"Mr. Rosales should have been free to bribe the judges who might hear his case in peace!

Lord knows the Venezuelan people are just pining for the corrupt oligarchs to come back and rip them off for another five hundred years.

Rosales, another democratic hero according to the WaPo, like the mujahideen and the Contras."

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