WAPO's Jackson Diehl op-ed piece on Chavez's latest demagoguery.
For years defenders of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have harped on what they described as the domination of the country's independent media by his opponents -- proof, it was said, that Ch?vez was no dictator. Two weeks from today that argument will lose all credibility. By then, Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, Venezuela's most popular television network, will almost certainly be off the air -- on Chavez's personal order.
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Venezuelan Oil Losing Share of Key U.S. Market
Looks like us Canuckleheads are muscling in on their cut to the "cruelest, most terrible, most cynical, most murderous empire that has existed" 's market.