Chavezistan

Chavistas and Anti-Chavistas [Jay Nordlinger]



Readers of my journal from the Oslo Freedom Forum, couple of months ago, may remember something. Hang on, let me fetch it — here:

A Venezuelan participant in this conference has woken up to the news that his farm, back home, has been confiscated. Simply stolen from him, by the Chávez government. He defied them, refusing to play along or shut up. And now they have acted.

How has your morning been, by the way?

That Venezuelan, from whom the farm was stolen, was Diego Arria, long a diplomat and a U.N. official. Also a friend of WFB, incidentally. Now Thor Halvorssen has written an article about Arria and the theft of that farm (and of more). I could quote from it at length. Better just to give a link, though: here. An excellent account of what has been done to Arria, and how he has stood up to the bullies, thugs, and thieves in charge. Venezuela is being Castro-ized. Does anyone care? Well, Venezuelans do . . .

P.S. Our president, Barack Obama, gave Chávez a soul-brother handshake and called him “mi amigo.” He is not a friend to any democrat, that’s for sure.