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(Idiot) US brokering a deal to force early elections in Venezuela
even Forbes covers this . . .
Call for early elections in the US!
Call for early elections in the US!
U.S. working for early elections in Venezuela
Reuters, 12.20.02, 1:26 PM ET
By Pablo Bachelet
WASHINGTON20 (Reuters) - The United States is still quietly pushing for an early election in Venezuela, beset by a power struggle and national strike, despite publicly backing off the idea, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
"The United States is brokering a deal for an early election in Venezuela," the source said this week in a telephone interview. "Behind the scenes we're still pushing for an early election."
Reuters, 12.20.02, 1:26 PM ET
By Pablo Bachelet
WASHINGTON20 (Reuters) - The United States is still quietly pushing for an early election in Venezuela, beset by a power struggle and national strike, despite publicly backing off the idea, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
"The United States is brokering a deal for an early election in Venezuela," the source said this week in a telephone interview. "Behind the scenes we're still pushing for an early election."
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http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/20...
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M. Weisbrot
12.20.02
CARACAS—"Where are they getting their money?" asks historian Samuel Moncada, as the television displays one opposition commercial after another. Moncada is chair of the history department at Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. We are sitting in one of the few restaurants that is open in the eastern, wealthier part of Caracas.
For two weeks during this country's business-led strike, the privately owned stations that dominate Venezuelan television have been running opposition "infomercials" instead of advertisements, in addition to what is often non-stop coverage of opposition protests.
"I am sure there is money from abroad," asserts Moncada. It's a good guess: Prior to the coup on April 11, the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy stepped up its funding to opposition groups, including money funneled through the International Republican Institute. The latter's funding multiplied more than sixfold, to $340,000 in 2001.
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