What's striking about this Washintgton Post article is the absolutely unadorned statement in the last few paras that it's good that the US supports democracy, as long as the people don't elect any left leaders. Democracy is all for the best but first things first!
>Chavez's Gloomy Legacy for The Left
>By Scott Wilson
>Washington Post Foreign Service
>Saturday, April 13, 2002; Page A16
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>In the end, Romero said, Chavez showed what was wrong with a U.S.
>policy that endorses democratic government regardless of how it is
>carried out. Democracies operate differently in each country,
>Romero said, and should be treated differently as a result.
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>"It is a great improvement that the U.S. is committed to democracy
>and the rule of law in Latin America, and it's a big change from
>the past," Romero said. "But this is not a policy that should be
>implemented indiscriminately. Legality is one thing, legitimacy is
>another."
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