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May 25, 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently said, “I believe there is an assault on democracy in Venezuela and I believe that there are significant human rights issues.” She did not, however, say what she meant by “democracy.” We’ve selected essential characteristics of democracy and supplied key facts about them from the Chávez era. Is Secretary Rice correct? You be the judge.

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 ...

February 2, 2007 ... old bureaucracies will have to be merged. Is this road to dictatorship or the path to reasonable reform? The nature of ...

November 29, 2007 ... being considered in Venezuela are but a step toward dictatorship. A little calm, and context, is in order. Since ...

March 13, 2007 ... manichaeist view that tries to associate military with dictatorship and this is a lack of respect, [an insult] to ... contribute to the construction of an authentic democracy. Dictatorship is not possible here in Venezuela... Journalist ... in publicity against you. The dilemma that you represent dictatorship and the others represent democracy, freedom of ...

February 6, 2007 ... the world finally feel vindicated (again). The Venezuelan dictatorship that they have been predicting for the past ... in 1998 critics predicted Chavez would bring about a dictatorship in Venezuela. They kept having to revise their estimates for when this dictatorship would set in, though, because following each ...

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.

December 17, 2007 ... outlets, commentators worried about Chávez's emerging "dictatorship" and cheered the referendum's defeat as a ...

November 22, 2007 ... portrayed in the media as the next step on the road to dictatorship. That's because the mainstream media generally ... college, that I am unable to see this as the making of a dictatorship. Not to mention that if Hillary Clinton is ...

May 23, 2007 ... His critics often accuse him of laying the groundwork for dictatorship, despite the democratic credentials of his ... media, much of which has been unsuccessfully predicting dictatorship under Chávez for years, has used this case to ... again, it seems, the warnings of a move from democracy to dictatorship in Venezuela have been loud but lacking in ...

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.

June 20, 2007 ... archaic education system established under the military dictatorship no longer favour those with high incomes. After ... who are the most marginalised. While under the military dictatorship, their leaders suffered brutal repression and ... allowed repressive anti-terror laws established under the dictatorship, and strengthened by the Lagos government, to ...

March 15, 2007 ... a lively, open democracy to an “authoritarian” dictatorship is written on the rusted crosses of Salvador ...

November 22, 2007 ... are showing an unnerving openness to the idea of “dictatorship” if it gets the job done. • Uruguayans and ...