The afternoon reports have hit the wires, and they are extreme.
Remember that enabling law, the one that was used throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, and wasn’t really mentioned in the international press at the time? This time around, it’s apparently going to allow the Venezuelan government to “remake society by presidential decree.” I mean…
Our Associated Press reporter goes to a protest march to sniff out the most high-octane quotes possible. He finds a woman who “can't tolerate Chavez's admirers—even within her own family.” To her, this is the path to communism and dictatorship. Another interviewee, a “son of a Polish concentration camp survivor” (!) explains that Venezuela is now facing totalitarianism.
Yeah, AP eventually quotes fervent Chavez supporters, too. But even they are pretty darned hyperbolic in their support.
But can’t we just get a little context? Oh! Mine is here.
