Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Venezuelan Issues

"Venezuela teeters, Cuba gives a shove" could be the headline of this piece. Roger F. Noriega, former ambassador to the OAS and assistant secretary of state, has an interesting column for the Miami Herald.

Noriega writes that many officials in the Chavez government and military have ties to drug cartels and may be indicted soon by our Department of Justice. A former supreme court justice has come to the U.S. and is cooperating in the investigation. I think this is giving the Holder DOJ too much credit but...we'll see.

The godfather of Latin American socialism, Fidel Castro, is concerned enough to pen a letter on the subject. If Chavizmo, Castro and the Venezuelan mess are of interest, you might want to give the column some time.