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José Miguel Vivanco's Background

Dear Editors:

Response to the Sharp Debate

While people are being oppressed, neutrality is ‘not an option’ if one’s goal is democracy.

Response to Mark Weisbrot

You may be more closely aligned with Elvis believers than you realize.

Power Grab

The apparently horrendous result of the recent presidential decrees: the people of Venezuela will be better able to afford to buy food.

Letter to London Mayor Boris Johnson

Letter to the new Mayor of Lonon, Boris Johnson, regarding the latter's cancellation of the London-Caracas agreement, asking the Mayor to revoke his flawed decision.

Thank you, President Chavez

The following letter was sent to the Burlington Free Press:

We in New England should express gratitude to President Chavez for his generous contribution of heating oil -- some free and some discounted -- to the people during past winter heating seasons.

Could an Obama win Hurt Chavez? (CS Monitor)

Chavez profits off of an easy target such as Bush.

Let's Not Get Distracted

Teaser: Of course US and Colombian agents are working together. Let's not get distracted.

U.S. military, not Colombia, conducted rescue of FARC hostages

While Ingrid Betancourt's and the 14 other hostage's rescue are to be praised, and Venezuela was right in doing so, it was an operation that was not carried out by Colombian forces as widely (mis)reported, but by occupying U.S. military. For South America to become integrated and free of Washington's yoke, member governments cannot allow themselves to be duped in the way we see FARC being duped in this incident.

INTERPOL states it does not validate the source or accuracy of any document on the so-called FARC laptops.

How did INTERPOL determine as fact that the computer equipment was seized on 1 March 2008, and how has INTERPOL determined as fact that the laptop in question was the property of Raul Reyes?