“Political intolerance” and “citizen insecurity” rampant in Venezuela says OAS

Thursday, February 25th 2010 - 04:56 UTC

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Venezuela routinely violates the rights of its citizens, using the “punitive power of the state” to intimidate and punish people for their political opinions, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said Wednesday. Read full article

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Michael
And Chavez thiks we British are undemocratic because we have a Queen.
Feb 25th, 2010 - 07:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Gloria
The conditions are not much different from north of the US/Mexican wall, where the opinions of people with a different approach to the US' interpretation of “Freedom”, are also treated like opponents and quite often silenced even at the risk of losing their jobs or facing other forms of silent oppression. My friend lives in Caracas, and she admits that the lower class never had better services than now. These reports do not mention the “Political Intolerance” that happens daily North of the Wall, against the legal immigrants from the South. Perhaps intolerance is just a common denominator for any society where the poor tries hard to become equally self-sufficient...? Alone that this publication expects all “American countries” to type in English is another form of cultural intolerance, because most of “America” does not speak English.
Mar 04th, 2010 - 04:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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