<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Yes, it is a complete outrage.<br> <br> And underlines the fact that in the current doublespeak "democracy" = "free market."<br> <br> They may get more then they bargained for because I think that Chavez has managed to convince the mass of people in Venezuela that they have the right to a decent life and to a representative government.<br> <br> Joanna<br> <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Cseniornyc@aol.com">Cseniornyc@aol.com</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1ea.4369be7b.303c27ab@aol.com"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>Even more seriously BBC has a long segment today on Chavez's  "undemocratic behavior".I think this indicates  a mounting orchestrated campaign against Chavez by the Washington neo-cons which, in turn, means that some serious attempt against his life is about to happen.</div> <div>This should make happy this right winger Mike Larkin who has been posting anti Chavez neo-con articles from the Weekly Standard on this list.</div> <div>The interesting thing about these "anti-democratic " charges against Venezuela is that the hard facts such as : No.of political, prisoners, No. of newspapers, tv stations censored or shot down, No. of elections canceled, etc,  all equal zero.</div> <div>Cristobal Senior</div> </font> <pre wrap=""> <hr width="90%" size="4"> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a></pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>