Throw in neglect and politicization of the judicial system and you see the result: soaring rates of cocaine trafficking through Venezuela and… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
Throw in neglect and politicization of the judicial system and you see the result: soaring rates of cocaine trafficking through Venezuela and worsening corruption… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and downplayed the… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
Chávez inadvertently made the US drug war tactics look good. Quite a feat, given the disaster which is the drug war. After expelling the… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
Chávez inherited a dysfunctional judicial system and more or less regional (that is to say: bad) crime rates. He leaves an anarchic judicial system… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested heavily in… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
![“Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and downplayed the influence of strident and on occasion anti-democratic opponents. The flip side is his anti-imperialist posturing so dazzled his…” quote by Rory Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a3/rory-carroll-57790_caricatures_confronting-the-us-made-him-hugo-chavez_1931256.jpg)
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