Reply #45: And if they catch them they jail them too [View All]

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My dear friend Wilm, while the state of human rights in the US is weak after the Patriot Act and the Bush excesses, to Venezuelans your arguments ring hollow, because there's keen interest in protecting human rights for Venezuelans, as they existed prior to the Chavez regime, and whatever happens in the US is remote and impacts you, but not Venezuelans in Venezuela. I know there were defficiencies, but the brave new world we're entering, as the government transforms itself into a communist autocracy, is not quite what we had in mind when we voted for Chavez.