Baghdad Bob of Venezuela? Or, why Hugo Chavez is more of a fascist than George W. Bush
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MARACAIBO, Venezuela - It was the 32nd birthday of 1,921 Gonzálezes registered to vote in the western state of Zulia on Wednesday. But instead of celebrating with balloons and cake, many Venezuelans have been shouting fraud.
Every one of these Gonzálezes obtained their first government ID -- and simultaneously registered to vote -- in 2004, just before President Hugo Chávez defeated a recall referendum. And many of them registered on the same day, at the same registration center....
Electoral Council President Jorge Rodríguez said the council had investigated the Zulia Gonzálezes case and found no fraud other than 61 who turned out to be illegal immigrants. It remained unclear how they managed to get IDs and register to vote, and the lack of addresses in the voter registry makes it impossible to independently verify his claim.
Rodríguez argued that the Gonzálezes in Zulia were mostly naturalized foreigners. ``When people are naturalized, they are grouped together by registration center, and that's why there are sequential ID numbers,'' he told Knight Ridder.
Bruce comments:
Electoral Council President Jorge Rodríguez is Venezuela's version of Bagdad Bob.
And, in this article from December 2005:
Venezuelan troops detained more than 600 illegal immigrants along the border with neighboring Colombia, National Guard Lt. Col. Carlos Contreras said.
Contreras said all 627 Colombians were detained Tuesday near the western city of San Antonio de Tachira, located along the porous 1,400-mile (2,250-kilometer) border shared by the two South American nations.
Contreras told the state-run Bolivarian News Agency that the immigrants had entered the country illegally and would be handed over to Colombian immigration officials.
Colombians seeking refuge from the country's four-decade civil war cross into Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporter, looking for temporary or permanent employment.
Why didn't Hugo Chavez give the Colombians guest worker passes, free medical care, and free schooling? Chavez is such a fascist.
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