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January 25, 2007 ... the system in the U.S., to pacify the population. Both dictatorship and elite democracy play the same role of ... democratic system. Whether through elite democracy, or dictatorship, the participation of the masses must be ... In the 20th century, Venezuela transitioned from dictatorship to elite democracy and, finally, to that other ...

January 9, 2007 ... little too popular for Washington's liking. After years of dictatorship, El Mocho represented a wide array of groups in ... had been sidelined, the threat of democracy avoided. Dictatorship: The Solution to the "Problem" of Democracy ... Juan Vicente Gómez who came to power a decade later. Dictatorship was much less risky, mostly because it was ...

May 13, 2007 First used in Serbia in 2000, Washington has now perfected a new imperial strategy to maintain its supremacy around the globe. Whereas military invasions and installing dictatorships have traditionally been the way to control foreign populations and keep them out of the way of business, the U.S. government has now developed a new strategy that is not so messy or brutal, and much sleeker; so sleek, in fact, that it’s almost invisible.

November 13, 2007 ... also collaborating to change the democratic regime for a dictatorship." Llamazares also denounced the "excesses of ... Carlos to make such pronouncements. "A king imposed by the dictatorship of General Franco has no moral or political ...

March 11, 2007 As the United States President tours six key states in South America, the continental shadow of Venezuela's acclaimed populist leader, Hugo Chávez, looms large over George Bush's bid to boost his country's waning influence in what Washington used to call its backyard.

December 4, 2007 The United States government cheered the outcome of Venezuelan's constitutional reform referendum of December 2, which prompted Venezuela's Ambassador to the U.S. to accuse the Bush administration of a "double standard"because of its criticsms of the referendum shortly before the vote.

May 4, 2007 ... show of financial support for a newly installed dictatorship - one which immediately dissolved the country's ...

December 9, 2007 ... calls Lukashenko "Europe's last dictator." "The media dictatorship calls him the last dictator of Europe, and me ...

July 11, 2007 ... North American imperialism has developed a media dictatorship but thanks to the newly lunched Social TV, ...

July 25, 2007 Five years after U.S.-funded groups were associated with a failed coup against Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, the U.S. government's political aid programs continue to meddle in Venezuelan domestic politics. A new focus of the "democracy builders" in Venezuela and around the world is support for nonviolent resistance by civil society organizations.

February 14, 2007 ... or Mexico. Washington claims to want to "free Cuba" from dictatorship, but other much more brutal dictators of the ...

January 29, 2007 Even though socialist parties have led many of the South American governments for the past decade and a half, none of their leaders ever indicated any intention to build socialism in their respective countries. But this position changed earlier this month when President Chavez announced that as his firm intention for Venezuela.

September 24, 2007 Not since his Colombian vice president, Francisco de Paula Santander, conspired to assassinate Caracas born Simón Bolívar in Bogotá in 1828, has a Venezuelan so stirred political opinions and passions in its neighbour as President Hugo Chávez has done.

December 5, 2007 ... Post , said that by voting, Venezuela was “receding into dictatorship.” Oh, my! Given that Chavez’ referendum was ...

November 11, 2007 ... to force out five presidents in only three weeks. “The dictatorship just ended!” people declared at the time. They ...