Two
articles in today’s New York Times on the upcoming presidential elections in
Venezuela. Maduro is an autocrat and if the photo that accompanies one of the
articles is any indication, he has little support. In contrast Maria Corina
Machado, the main opposition leader, has massive support. But not one word
about the crippling sanctions and the blackmail of the U.S. government: vote
for the main opposition candidate and we’ll lift the sanctions; elect Maduro
and the sanctions continue. Furthermore, the word “autocrat” is
misleading; you have to make a distinction between electoral fraud, which the
articles don’t accuse Maduro of carrying out, and electoral manipulation which
we have here in the states and everybody knows it. There’s not even the
pretense in the NY Times reporting on Venezuela of presenting the other side of
the story. No objectivity whatsoever.
