Tuesday, February 5, 2019

an Organization of American States panel of human rights experts 

how do you even finish reading an article with that line in it?

yikes.

was kissinger on the board? how about oliver north?

they no doubt meant to say an OAS panel of liberal interventionists and neoconservative war criminals...

i have not seen a single credible source criticize the elections in venezuela since, like, 1999, or whenever it was that chavez won. all i've seen is a periodic, if tiring, repudiation of all of these right-wing smear campaigns.

what is "right" here is to stand up for the rule of law, respect their sovereignty and avoid interfering in their country. what is "wrong" here is to intervene in the situation for our own economic self-interest.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-unions-helped-fund-delegation-that-gave-glowing-review-of-venezuela-election-widely-seen-as-illegitimate?video_autoplay=true