Chavez condemns OAS 'interference' in Venezuela

[dipsydoodle]

Mr Chavez was responding to comments by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, who criticised a law which gave the Venezuelan president the power to govern by decree.

Mr Insulza said on Friday that the law was "completely contrary" to the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

But Mr Chavez has dismissed the remarks as "shameful".

The left-wing Venezuelan leader accused Mr Insulza of acting on behalf of "US imperialism".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12147834

[Peace Patriot]

1. I wonder if Insulza would say the same about OTHER enabling laws, common in Latin America,

for instance, the one Lula da Silva of Brazil used to set aside a wide swath of the Amazon for an uncontacted tribe.

I think Chavez is right. Insulza is a U.S. tool. This couldn't have been more evident than during the rightwing coup d'etat in Honduras, where Insulza helped the U.S. draw a cosmetic veil over the junta government with a phony, martial law election, after the violent removal of Honduras' elected president. There have been hundreds of political murders in Honduras since then--of trade unionists, teachers, human rights workers, community activists, anti-coup protestors, journalists and others, and thousands have been imprisoned, tortured, raped, harassed, oppressed--thanks to Insulza's unwillingness to oppose the U.S. I'm sure this is why South America has formed a new regional structure--UNASUR--without the U.S. as a member, why Latin Americans formed the dispute resolution group, the Rio Group, without the U.S. as a member, and why Nicaragua proposed a new structure to replace the OAS, and other indications of great unhappiness with, and resistance to, U.S. intervention, bullying, domination and aggression in Latin America. The OAS has failed. It is overly influenced by the U.S. And Insulza is a good part of the reason for this.

[social_critic]

2. I can't find an enabling law in Brazil using Google

Could you give us more details about this supposed enabling law?

Also, I want to point out Venezuela's enabling law is highly irregular, and nothing like it has been seen ever before - because in this case the outgoing National Assembly dared delegate its power to legislate for a term which extended into the NEW incoming Assembly's term. This is clearly unconstitutional. However, because the Supreme Court is packed with Chavez' clapping seals, there's little to be done by the people other than protest.

I see you are attacking the OAS because its secretary general pointed out the above, and said this should be a subject to be discussed by the OAS in the near future. I suppose you don't understand this move is seen as a move against democracy, and it is his responsibility to see that other would be dictators, observing the silence, will start making moves against democratic institutions. I guess Insulza has learned his lesson, and realizes now that inviting Cuba to re-join in spite of its lousy record was a mistake.

[Bacchus39]

3. yes, Insulza would be negligent if he didn't condemn Chavez n/t

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[social_critic]

4. What they did to Honduras should be done to Venezuela

They should treat Venezuela like Honduras, keep them out of the forum until they have new elections overseen by reputable bodies.