from VoteNoWar.org (below)also, i saw a reference to a news story about the FBI harassing a professor in California for expressing support for Venezuela.
Can someone provide a URL for news articles regarding that incident ?
below, a description of House Resolution 238. Connie Mack in Florida wants to bring Love American Style to (democratic) Venezuela.
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Join us in demanding that Congress reject the misleading and belligerent H.Con. Resolution 328, which condemns the Venezuelan democratic process. The resolution, which will be put before the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on Thursday, March 16 recommends funding Venezuela’s so-called opposition, who are the politically defeated forces representing the ultra-rich elite. This resolution is in clear violation of Venezuela’s right to self-determination.
H. Con Resolution 328 is an act of disinformation. It is propaganda designed to serve as a pretext for U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Among its many inaccuracies and myths:
* The resolution suggests that the changes in the Venezuelan constitution were made by executive decree. In fact, the constitution was remade in a thoroughly democratic process involving all sectors of Venezuelan society.
* The resolution suggests that the August 2004 referendum was an effort by Chavez to stifle democracy. In fact, the referendum was triggered by a tiny elite made up of the old financial oligarchy and ruling class and it was thoroughly defeated by the majority of the Venezuelan people.
* The resolution suggests that the Venezuelan government has committed some crime by purchasing weapons. In fact, the Venezuelan people have the right to defend themselves and their democracy. The Venezuelan democratic process has already been violently subverted once in a U.S.-backed coup. The U.S. has the largest stockpile of weapons including nuclear weapons ever known to humanity, and has consistently threatened Venezuela.
* The resolution suggests that the recent Constitutional elections forced out pro-U.S. political parties. In fact, those so-called opposition forces, representing the old elites boycotted the election because they expected to be handily defeated. Every popular election has become an embarrassment to the U.S.-backed political forces.
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posted 15 March 2006 09:26 PM
