US Gives Financial Support To Chavez’s Opposition.
The Miami Herald is reporting that the US’s National Endowment for Democracy will give Sumate - a leading opposition group in Venezuela - $100,000 in funding. This just weeks after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered donations to offer aid for those affected by Katrina.
Sumate lead a failed effort last year to oust Chavez through a recall referendum last year. Chavez’s supporters, about 70% of Venezuelans, have long accused the US of helping to facilitate the overthrow of the democratically-elected Venezuelan president by financing opposition groups. The NED says the money will be used to strengthen democracy in the country.
Sumate lead a failed effort last year to oust Chavez through a recall referendum last year. Chavez’s supporters, about 70% of Venezuelans, have long accused the US of helping to facilitate the overthrow of the democratically-elected Venezuelan president by financing opposition groups. The NED says the money will be used to strengthen democracy in the country.
posted by Alva Goldbook at 4:12 AM
2 Comments:
please, please, please, inform yourself before posting things like this.
http://paspalum.blogspot.com/2005/09/is-venezuela-democracy.html
Question? Should the US have given money to Lech Walesa in Poland in the 80s?
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