Holy Christ, will the USGov ever stop messing around in other country's democracies?? This is getting absurd. American BBC News reporter Greg Palast has discovered literal proof that Attorney General John Ashcroft's office is in the process of buying information on Venezuelan citizens and registered voters. Palast says he got a fax from "a little birdie" that proves all of the above.
Why the hell would Ashcroft need information on ANY Venezuelan? In an ideal world, he wouldn't. Since we don't live in an ideal world, he probably does. The reason is that the coup that removed Venezuela's rightfully elected leader, Hugo Chavez, was sponsored by BigBusinesses with ties to the USGov. Chavez has been enveloped by a recall movement that would make Grey Davis shiver. In fact, Palast says, that recall movement has been sponsored in part by, you guessed it, the USGov. Palast's research team was able to uncover a payment from the USGov to the recall organizers to the tune of $53,000. Why are your tax dollars being used to support a recall campaign in Venezuela?
Because the coup failed. (See the documentary The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.)
Ha.
Actually, it's because Venezuela just happens to be located on top of a huge oil supply. This is an oil supply that Chavez has said should benefit the people of Venezuela. This sentiment scares BigBusiness because it means less money for them. Thanks to BigGovernment being in BigBusiness' back pocket, Ashcroft's office is getting involved, probably not for the first time.
Incidentally, the company Ashcroft's office is buying that information on Venezuelan civilians from is a company called ChoicePoint. These are the guys that purged 25,000 people from the Florida voter rolls simply because they had names that were similar to convicted criminals or had committed crimes in the future. (Literally, some people were listed as having committed crimes in the year 2007.) This, by the way, is another story Palast broke.
Anywho, check out his full report on the Venezuelan tragedy-to-be at his website, or check out GNN, the site I originally found his article at.
Whatever you do, make sure to watch for news on how the recall goes on or after Sunday night, August 15, 2004. The recall results should be in by then and if Chavez didn't win, it'll be a sad day for democracy because it means the rich folks both in the US and in Venezuela have won against a man who wanted to share the oil wealth with all of his people.
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