[lbo-talk] paranoia

[Eric Beck]

[Chavez's persecution mania knows no bounds. Anyone else aware of this
"vicious and unfounded campaign" he's speaking of? As far as I can
tell, "the outside" has been quiet and cautious.]

Venezuela Denounces Campaign of Interference against the Islamic
Republic of Iran
Foreign Ministry of Venezuela

(MPPRE)

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs

Communiqué

The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the name of
the people of Venezuela, affirms its appreciation of the people and
government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the extraordinary day
of democratic participation last Friday, 12 June, when the
presidential elections were held, with historic levels of popular
participation, resulting in the reelection of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.

The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela expresses its firm opposition
to the vicious and unfounded campaign to discredit the institutions of
the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashed from outside, designed to roil
the political climate of our brother country.  From Venezuela, we
denounce these acts of interference in the internal affairs of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, while demanding an immediate halt to the
maneuvers to threaten and destabilize the Islamic Revolution.

We, the people and government of Venezuela, are certain that the
Iranian people will find how to solve its internal affairs and will
continue the path of the Islamic Revolution.
Caracas, 16 June 2009

[via MRZine]