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from the FAIR blog (“His independence, help for Venezuela’s poor will not be forgiven”) ..

If world leaders were judged by the sheer volume of corporate media vitriol and misinformation about their policies, Chávez would be in a class of his own .. In reporting Chávez’s death, little had changed. “Venezuela Bully Chávez Is Dead,” read the New York Post’s front page (3/6/13); “Death of a Demogogue” was on Time’s home page (3/6/13). CNN host Anderson Cooper (3/5/13) declared it was “the death of a world leader who made America see red, as in Fidel Castro red, Venezuela’s socialist president, Hugo Chávez.” .. Many reports on Chávez’s passing were quick to note the country’s oil wealth. NBC’s Williams asserted, “All this matters a lot to the U.S., since Venezuela sits on top of a lot of oil and that’s how this now gets interesting for the United States.”

Maduro has already expelled two US diplomats in the past few days under accusations of planning to destabilize the country – the next few weeks should indeed be “interesting” .. read more