> "Mr. Chávez is "spending considerable sums involving himself in the
> political and economic life of other countries in Latin America and
> elsewhere, this despite the very real economic development and
> social needs of his own country," said John Negroponte, the
> American director of national intelligence, in February at a
> Congressional hearing in Washington."
>
> New York Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/world/americas/
> 04venezuela.html?ex=1144555200&en=48ab9eb241f0efe0&ei=5070>
>
> Of course everything that Negroponte says should be preceeded by an
> acknowledgment that he orchestrated the murder of thousands of
> people as proconsul in Central America.
>
> But it is rather amusing to read in the NY Times how upset so many
> of the rulers and owners of the U.S. are at Chavez's foreign aid.
Juan Forero seems determined to report on any and all complaints against Hugo Chavez, however flimsy complaints are. The New York Times needs to hire a better reporter for Latin America.
Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org>