http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/pl260411.html
> Chávez Condemns Plot against Syria
> by Prensa Latina
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> Caracas, 25 April (PL) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said today that the government of Syria is a victim of a plot to justify future actions -- including military ones -- against it.
> "They are infiltrating terrorists into Syria and causing violence and deaths, and all of a sudden the president is pronounced guilty, immediately, too, without anyone investigating anything," Chávez pointed out from the Miraflores Palace, where he was leading a meeting of the Council of Ministers.
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> According to the Venezuelan leader, the goal of the Western powers is to find pretexts to promote sanctions, freeze assets, and attack Damascus.
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> "Bombing a country to protect its people. What cynicism! But that's the empire and its crazy way," he observed, referring to the United States and the attack on Libya.
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> In view of the situation created in Syria, Chávez reaffirmed his support for his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, whom he considers a humanist.
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> In recent days, the Syrian government deployed tanks in the areas of Daraa and Douma to ensure peace, after ascertaining that armed individuals killed 5 Syrian soldiers
Rolling tanks into crowds of peaceful protesters is not my idea of 21st century socialism.