“Golinger has systematically attacked defenders of human rights and freedom of expression by presenting them as puppets of Washington, something far from the truth,” said Andrés Cañizález, who came under her scrutiny for heading a press freedom group that received financing from the National Endowment for Democracy.
“Paradoxically she uses a right established in the United States, of access to public information, which Venezuelans do not have,” Mr. Cañizález said.
And here is Golinger discussing complots on state-owned VTV. The issue for me is not the veracity of her arguments, conspiratorial as they may be. I tend to agree that there are concerted efforts trying to undermine Chavez's rule in order to beat him at the polls. But why not? Mr. Chavez has shown that he is not a genuine democrat. He has silenced media outlets and citizen opponents, incarcerated independent judges, and allowed crime to sky rocket during his 12-year rule.
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