Saturday, 14 February 2009

Who Will Monitor the Monitors?

Luis Herrero, a Spanish member of the EU Parliament, has been detained and will be expelled from Venezuela following critical remarks he made concerning Hugo Chavez's continuing electoral bid to get everyone in Venezuela to agree that he's a great guy and should remain in power for the rest of his life. 

Chavez (pictured above demanding another cookie), had previously invited Herrero to monitor the referendum that would allow Chavez to legally rig elections for the rest of his life. 

Chavez has done this exact same thing with Jose Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch, who was also called to monitor conditions in Venezuela, leading experts to wonder why Chavez keeps inviting people to check him out when he insists on acting blatantly dictatorial all the time.

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