Reply #90: Some links from various sources.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

This is an argument I see on DU often enough that I periodically bookmark articles relevant to Chavez; here are some.

I appreciate that link-dumping is no real substitute for debate; all I'm doing here is demonstrating that it's not just suspect news organs that report bad stuff about Chavez

I make no particular claim for the veracity of any individual article - I've just gone through my folder and printed them all out - but I think there are enough to make my case.



From that well-known right-wing rag The Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/05/venezuela.international
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/16/venezuela.colombia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/16/venezuela.colombia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/03/venezuela.colombia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/14/venezuela.international
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/30/venezuela


From that bastion of conservative bias, the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7432895.stm


I know nothing about this source; I merely include it for completeness.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/30/hugo-chavez-venezuela-oil-business-energy-0130_oil_rig.html?feed=rss_news


The Telegraph really *is* a right-wing source, but while I disagree strongly with its editorial stances its standards of factual reporting are usually pretty high.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/2205687/Hugo-Chavez%27s-Venezuela-%27supplies-half-of-Britain%27s-cocaine%27.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html