Venezuela: more untruths from the Guardian

In an editorial yesterday, the Guardian said that President Chavez of Venezuela had performed a “handbrake turn” when he called on the Colombian guerrilla organisation the FARC to cease its armed campaign and release all hostages, reversing his previous position. Problem is, this is completely false. Chavez was repeating his established position, as Marc Weisbrot of the Center for Policy Research points out here. For example, on January 13, Chavez said “I do not agree with the armed struggle

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