Costa Rica throws out Chavez foe. Costa Rica retracts an offer of asylum given to a Venezuelan union leader opposed to President Hugo Chavez. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]

It is a rare event when Chavez gets his way and I'm happy. I think this guy played with fire and got burned, but, unlike, must of us, had the option to leave and not get hurt. He wanted to continue to play with fire... If you don't like the heat get out of the kitchen they say, If you like the heat don't get out of the kitchen. Come to Venezuela and stand against your foes...

On other news, my brother commented the other day that I seem to like NPR and that I quote it quite a bit. So I thought, "Why don't I hear it all the time?". Got the feed (RealPlayer, yech!) and started listening, and I found out the reason I don't hear it all the time. Heard a report about venezuela, criticizing Kerry for his statement and saying the poor here are with Chavez... How clueless can you be? Unless you offer people money or threaten them, nobody in this country is with Chavez, that is why the chavistas are so afraid of the recall referendum... It would be a landslide... The good part, all this makes Kerry look good... at least he understand... Comes to think of it, it makes Bush look good also, he also understand, unfortunately it makes NPR look ridiculous and you start questioning their reports on other parts of the world. Mind you, I wouldn't like an anti-chavez report either, but some balance would imply getting at the truth, not the official story. Not mentioning the violation of human rights and the dead borders on the unethical...

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