Why Hugo Chavez sucks

Speaking of the OWGLA listserv, by coincidence I also got in an argument with my co-listservers recently about Hugo Chavez, president-til-who-knows-when of Venezuela. They told me to get better info on Chavez, so I damn well did. Here's the text of an e-mail I sent to the OWGLA listserv with links to stuff condemining Chavez for being a megalomaniacal son of a bitch.

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Here's some documentation. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to read through all of these entirely at such short notice, but here you go. Amnesty International distrusts Chavez, Human Rights Watch distrusts Chavez, even the BBC distrusts him. Oh, and look into the events of April 11. Last but not least, should I mention the evidence that Chavez has been supporting Middle Eastern terrorists? YES, i KNOW Bush supports terrorism against the poor of the earth, and that is certainly bad enough. But I'm talking about the people who blew up the Trade Center towers. Chavez supports those people. Do you want to prove those Republicans who accuse leftist pacifists of aiding terrorism right? Jeez, I thought it was just rhetoric, but maybe not. Now the burden of proof is on you, my friends, to show that you're not the proverbial "useful idiots" Lenin talked about. I'll be damned if I'm ever a useful idiot for bin Laden, and if you let your hatred of Bush make you think Bush is worse than bin Laden, then I guess I know which side you're on. Why don't you try convincing me Amnesty International is a reactionary tool.
http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/ven-summary-eng

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/24/venezu10368.htm

http://www.aporrea.org/dameverbo.php?docid=19524 (español)

http://www.11abril.com/index/especiales/destino_RR.asp (español)

http://www.npwj.org/?q=node/1545

http://www.analitica.com/va/ttim/international/4969131.asp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3247816.stm http://venezuelatoday.net/jimmy-carter-center+venezuela+referendum.html

Peace out, Justin