Who can doubt for an instant that Venezuela (Hugo Chavez) isn't the number one enemy of freedom, democracy and of the United States and its allies in Latin America.
In Venezuela now, judicial authorities have announced that legal proceeding will be held against any and all citizens who for “whatever reason” march or demonstrate because these only want to disestablish the constitutionally elected government. “We want those persons who are hostile to our elected government to know the consequences of their actions.”
"It is the governments position that this type of conduct fits perfectly into the category of civil rebellion,” that Venezuelan law punishes with from 12 to 24 years of incarceration.
The stated objective of this law will be to typify anti government demonstration marches as civil rebellion
The first “rebels,” according to government criteria, are already behind bars. These employees of an opposition party were detained on August 22nd for marching in protest of the recent government plan There crime was to protest the governments initiative to create a “new socialist consciousness” in the schools and universities of the country. These citizen demonstrators were accused of “obstructing traffic on public streets”, “instigating delinquency”, and “lesions against police officers.”
According to government authorities, this protest, in which thousands of Venezuelans participated, was organized by opposition parties and civil organizations to create a “climate of violence” and create similar conditions as those of the 11th and 12th of April, 2002, when a coup was put into effect that led to the removal of the de facto dictator, Hugo Chavez, for 48 hours.
These latest declarations by the Chavez government are one more step toward criminalizing all opposition to the socialist regime. Since 2007, at least 300 students have been detained because of their participation in demonstration protesting the closure of private radio and TV stations (Radio Caracas Television), and also for marching against constitutional reforms that would permit Hugo Chavez to establish his reelections indefinitely. 256 of these students were ordered to the court to report periodically to authorities, and they have been prohibited from leaving the country.
Hugo Chavez and his government lackeys have also criticized news organizations and reporters who have protested against the threats against freedom of speech in Venezuela. Two weeks ago, twelve reporters were beaten with clubs and rocks by a group of Chavistas (Hugo Chavez supporters) when they passed out leaflets in downtown Caracas critical of the new education laws and the treat of immediate closure of the communication media who would generate “terror” in children.
Chavez justified the beating of the twelve reporters because according to him, their protest was “provocative” against the people of Venezuela, and that the reporters by their own actions had become politicians. Of those responsible for the assault, only one worker for a government TV station was taken into custody but was released within the week.
It’s curious that those individuals, countries, and organizations who so vocally protest the ouster of the Honduran ALBA socialist, Manuel Zelaya, are keeping mum when human rights, freedom of speech and abuse of authority are so blatantly documented in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuelan socialist dictatorship.
Yes, I’m referring to leftist oriented organizations like the now OAS and UN, and those hypocritical lefist individuals such as the Castro brothers, Barack Obama, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Daniel Ortega, and Hugo Chavez himself, Etc. From these wild eyed so-called defenders of human rights we hear NOTHING, NOT A WORD about these human rights abuses in Venezuela.
These quasi democratic ALBA socialists have no credibility but unto themselves and their own kind; the head of the snake is clearly the "chafarrote" Hugo Chavez. What's scary here in the U.S. is that Obama at a recent town hall gathering called dissenters "terrorists." We are clearly on a slippery slope...
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