[Peace-discuss] Kerry on Venezuela. Is he insane?

[jencart]

I hate him too, Phil.  I agree that on foreign affairs he's not that much better, tho' he may be more responsive than Bush to protests.  But I will force myself to vote for him bec I think on domestic issues he will be better, and that will improve things for a lot of people......Think of Bush putting another Scolia on the Supreme Court...... It would be the total end of our democracy.

Jenifer C.
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I've completely had it with Kerry.  I hate him passionately, and I'll hate  him until my dying day.  He is a liar, a master manipulator, and will be as  bad, if not worse, than Bush, in the sense that MANY more innocent people  will die because of his policies, not so much in overt actions, but in his  desire to destroy popular, non-neoliberal governments and their peoples in  third world countries.  Kerry is pushing for civil war in Venezuela, and  he's supporting paramilitary death squads in Colombia.  Kerry will be more  "successful", because so-called liberals who think that he's the lesser of  two evils will let him get away with it once he's in power.

--Phil

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Kerry:  Chavez has lost the opportunity to demonstrate popular support

El Universal reports:  US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry  released a communication in which he asserts that Venezuelan president Hugo  Chavez “lost the opportunity to demonstrate the popular support he says he  has,” because the referendum process “represents legitimate defiance of his  leadership.”

Kerry said that, on the contrary, the Venezuelan Head of State demonstrates  “an alarming disdain for the rule of law.”  He asked President Chavez to  understand that the international community will be watching the repair  process “very closely” to guarantee that it flows openly and impartially.

“After being democratically elected and promising reform, President Chavez  has treated his opponents as enemies instead of trying to heal the divisions  that have dogged Venezuela.  He’s undermined the Constitution and used his  Bolivarian Circles to repress peaceful dissidence at the same time that his  government has acted systematically to expand his powers,” asserts the  communication.

Kerry expressed particular worry for the recent reports of human rights  violations (in Venezuela).  “During recent weeks, President Chavez has  resorted to questionable pretexts to justify giving more arms to militias,  and intimidating the press and referendum participants,” indicates Kerry.

To Kerry, there’s a “disturbing tendency towards establishing an  authoritarian regime that must be reversed now, so that the referendum  process can initiate a process of national reconciliation.”

He urged giving complete access to all stages of the process to OAS and  Carter Center representatives.

Kerry also criticized the Bush government’s position towards Venezuela.  In  Kerry’s judgment, “(Bush), unfortunately, has decided not to take a true  leadership role in channeling international pressure against President  Chavez in order to permit the referendum to occur without incidents.  In  fact, his tacit support for the imprudent military coup in April 2002  against Chavez has undermined his capacity to manage that role.”


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