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**bestonlinepharmasy2** · 01-02-2007, 11:57 AM

It might be a drift towards authoritarianism but then again it might not be:

Chavez gains free rein in Venezuela - Yahoo! News

But the top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, Thomas Shannon, said the enabling law isn't anything new in Venezuela.

"It's something valid under the constitution," said Shannon, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, told reporters in Colombia. "As with any tool of democracy, it depends how it is used," he added. "At the end of the day, it's not a question for the United States or for other countries, but for Venezuela." In other words, it might be democracy at work. I'm quite sure the multi-national oil companies aren't going to like it though!

Gem

01-02-2007, 11:57 AM	#2
bestonlinepharmasy2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	It might be a drift towards authoritarianism but then again it might not be: Chavez gains free rein in Venezuela - Yahoo! News But the top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, Thomas Shannon, said the enabling law isn't anything new in Venezuela. "It's something valid under the constitution," said Shannon, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, told reporters in Colombia. "As with any tool of democracy, it depends how it is used," he added. "At the end of the day, it's not a question for the United States or for other countries, but for Venezuela." In other words, it might be democracy at work. I'm quite sure the multi-national oil companies aren't going to like it though! Gem
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