Washington Post Editorial
April 8, 2010
RUSSIAN PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin boasted after returning from a visit to Venezuela on Monday that he had sold President Hugo Chávez another $5 billion in weapons — a huge sum for a Latin American country that is deep in recession and busy rationing its water, electricity and hard
A Spanish judge this week formally charged Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his government with aiding and abetting Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia’s guerrilla group, FARC, in a plot to assassinate top political leaders.
The 25-page indictment by Spanish National Court Judge Eloy Velasco orders 12 alleged members of ETA and FARC to stand
October 1, 2009
President Hugo Chávez rose to power promising a moderate course in ending what he called the “corruption of the old guard” in Venezuela. Yet, over the past decade, Chávez has consistently demonstrated his disregard for democratic values and institutions, and he has effectively become the most powerful caudillo in Latin America.
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