Fwd: A letter to John Kerry from U.S. lovers of Latin American dictatorships (Gustavo A letter to John Kerry from U.S. lovers of Latin American dictatorships (Gustavo Coronel) analisislibre.org by Gustavo Coronel, Va. See letter in: About 47 members of a U.S. and European academic group ideologically married to the Cuban controlled.. Written by: analisislibre [image: ataque a estudiantes Venezuela] by Gustavo Coronel, Va. See letter in: america.aljazeera/opinions/2014/3/letter-to-john-kerryonvenezuela.html About 47 members of a U.S. and European academic group ideologically married to the Cuban controlled Venezuelan regime have written a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressing their concern about what they call the aggressions of the opposition against the Venezuelan government. The signatories of the letter that I know are supporters of the Castro and the Ortega brothers and have now taken seats in the bus driven by Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. They are fellow travelers. The contents of the letter have been substantially based in a piece written in Green Left Weekly, by Federico Fuentes, an activist with the Australian Venezuelan Solidarity Network. See: https://greenleft.org.au/node/56008 , *Violence in Venezuela: The myths and the facts.* The letter contains important errors which demonstrate either poor information or intentional, ideologically driven bias. I will comment briefly on some of its assertions: 1. The letter asks Secretary Kerry *to stand by democratic institutions and the rule of law there.* This is its first and biggest mistake. It is inexcusable that the authors associate the current Venezuelan regime with the rule of law. It is obvious they have never heard the magistrates of the corrupt Maduro-controlled Supreme Tribunal of Justice singing: Uh, Oh, Chavez does not go or that they have never read or heard how the current Ombudsman and the Attorney General (Fiscal general) justify the abuses of power of the government without shame. Ideology forces the author of the letter to close their eyes to the totalitarian stance that characterizes the regime. They should know, but they do not, that a recent ranking of 99 countries made by the Institute for Global Justice placed Venezuela dead last in the Index of the Rule of Law. worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/files/wjp_rule_of_law_index_2014_report.pdf .. The evaluation was made on the basis of 10,000 polls and interviews in all the countries surveyed. This Index of Rule of Law is made up of nine factors: 1. Degree to which the government acts within the law; 2. Absence of Corruption; 3. Transparency in government; 4. Protection of Fundamental Rights; 5. Degree of Social order and Security; 6. Validity of Existing Regulations; 7. Quality of Civil Justice System; 8. Quality of criminal Justice System; 9. Informal Justice systems. In ranking the Venezuelan government last, in place 99, they had this to say: *At 99th, Venezuela is the weakest performer among all indexed countries, showing downward trends in performance across many areas since last year. The country is ranked last in government accountability, owing to an increased concentration of executive power and a debilitated system of checks and balances. Corruption is commonplace (ranking 90th overall and last in the region)... Crime and violence are also areas of concern, as are the violations of fundamental rights, in particular, freedom of opinion and expression, and the right to privacy.* Therefore, it takes much ignorance or bad faith to say that the Maduro regime represents the rule of law in Venezuela. 1. They say:* **The recent violent incidents in Venezuela are tragic and demonstrate once again the importance of resolving political conflicts and differences through legitimate, constitutional means. On April 14, 2013, President Nicolás Maduro was elected with a 1.8 percent margin of victory -- much more than that received by several former U.S. presidents, including Richard Nixon (in 1968), John F. Kennedy (in 1960) and George W. Bush (in 2000). The election-day audit of a random sample of 53 percent of voting machines, checked against paper ballot receipts, left no reasonable doubt as to the result...**.* This is a lie. The elections were denounced by the opposition, which presented testimony of electoral irregularities that far exceeded the narrow margin of victory claimed by Maduro. Public opinion, both in Venezuela and abroad, forced Nicolas Maduro to agree publicly in Venezuela and at the meeting of UNASUR *to a total recount of the votes*, a promise he later failed to keep and which the National Electoral Council, controlled by the government, failed to enforce in the proper manner. [image: botas]3. They say: *It appears that a sector of the political opposition is determined to use those who want * CONTINUE: analisislibre.org/a-letter-to-john-kerry-from-u-s-lovers-of-latin-american-dictatorships-gustavo-coronel /
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