Obama Requests Funding for Venezuelan Opposition in 2012 Budget
This week, US President Barack Obama presented Congress with a $3.7 trillion dollar budget for 2012, the most expensive budget in United States history. Within his massive request, which proposes cuts in important social programs and federal jobs throughout the country, is a par ion for special funding for anti-Chavez groups in Venezuela.
For the first time in recent history, the Foreign Operations Budget (State Department) openly details direct funding of at least $5 million to anti-Chavez groups in Venezuela.
The funds requested in the State Department's budget for 2012 most likely will be directed towards political campaigns, since Venezuela has both key presidential and regional elections that year.
The State Department budget also requests $20 million in funding for anti-Castro groups in Miami and elsewhere to continue efforts to undermine the Cuban Revolution.
Do US taxpayers know their hard-earned dollars are going to fund political activities in other nations instead of being invested in jobs, healthcare and social programs in their own country?
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LOL, linking that particular site. That site all it does is put good news about Venezuela (when there is one). If there are not, they invent them.
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6622“2012 is going to be a decisive year. There will be various elections, including the presidential elections in October. That means that the manipulations, lies, and distortions by both Venezuelan and international private media will be even more intense than usual,” said VA writer Tamara Pearson
VA is a joke, but the resentment it appeals to isn't.
However, in the US that resentment is mostly aimed at Chavez. Enlightened efforts to promote regime change, having been the recent pattern, becomes expected, and therefore customary. It already has the tacit approval of the majority. Our don't stink, right?
What does South America think about this big brother ?
El Nono?
MaNuMaNiAc?
The US in general (along with the UK) has always been seen as an imperialistic country and thus disliked in general. Not that this view is necessarily particular to South America.
That said, Chavez in general is also seen as a banana republic dictator, which includes the corruption and authoritarian government type everyone pretty much dislikes in the region.
Some of these sentiments are long rooted.
I haven't visited in a while, but I do keep up with the news since I still have family living there.
the Veterans' Administration is a joke?
I thought we didn't have to worry about Chavez after Obama gave him cancer...
Venesuela Analysis. You know, the link at the OP?
VA to VZ, you're alphabetically infallible
Nobody's infallible. It helped that I read the OP. You should try it sometime.
(in before GFY)
5m is probably less then what you clowns contribute to foreign aid...
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