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by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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Back in 2022 and 2023 when Covid travel restrictions and vaccine passports were all the rage Dr Roger Watson published his country-by-country guide. Now, in 2025, he takes a look to see if any are still at it.
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The second Trump Presidency has already dissolved hundreds of DEI programmes and looks set to herald a new golden age of American meritocracy. It's a movement America and the world are hungry for, says Darren Gobin.
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The Social Market Foundation has carried out a survey on public attitudes to Net Zero and concluded that the "uninformed" and reluctant public are the problem. Why else would they say no to heat pumps?
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Chavez under fire

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday January 06, 2003 00:19author by militaresdemocraticos Report this post to the editors

All over Venezuela, ordinary voters are outraged by the latest proof of terrorist connections between their country's ruler Hugo Chavez and Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden's global terrorist network.

Chavez Under Fire For Al Qaeda Financing


$1M to Al Qaeda:
Front page news
All over Venezuela, ordinary voters are outraged by the latest proof of terrorist connections between their country's ruler Hugo Chavez and Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden's global terrorist network.

Sunday, the nation awoke to find the scandal top news in all states. "Financing of terrorists", screamed the huge headline of La Voz, from Miranda state. In Aragua state, El Siglo announced on its front page that "Chavez gave one million dollars to Al Qaeda". And in Carabobo state, Notitarde came out with an "Edicion Extraordinaria", a special edition, which was headlined: "Chavez gave 900 thousand dollars to Bin Laden's terrorist network". The paper referred to the $900,000 in cash for Al Qaeda and later mentioned the additional $100,000 in food and tents for the Taliban, for a total of one million in assistance. El Nacional, in Caracas, reported that the records of the investigation will be shared with the U.S. State Department in its fight against international terrorism and rogue states sponsoring terrorism.

Faced with the proof of his Al Qaeda financing, Hugo Chavez has so far maintained a complete silence. The "no comment" order extends to his entire inner circle: None of his other collaborators named in the Al Qaeda files have yet commented either. This curious silence follows the pattern of the 9/11 aftermath, when he vanished from sight for days and was the last Latin leader to make a statement.

But to the nation's press, the Chavez / Al Qaeda connection is front page news, and the embattled leader is drawing fire for not wanting to face his actions.
" - Zany dictator Hugo Chavez has really gone off the rails this time," said Caracas street vendor Felipe Lopez, 28, while studying the documentation published by dozens of the country's newspapers. "Dictatorial thugs like Hugo Chavez are dangerous to his own people and to the rest of the world."

Desperate for change, voters have renewed their call for free and democratic elections. Hugo Chavez, showing his dictatorial streak, has publicly announced that he will not call elections anytime soon, that he will not finance such elections, and in the event that elections were to be held anyway, he will not abide by their outcome.

Soledad Bravo, a popular Venezuelan folk singer and former Chavez supporter, distanced herself from the strongman, and urged the world to act:
" - Freeing ourselves from Chavez is our duty to history."

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Background briefings on the Chavez - Al Qaeda connection:

* How did Hugo Chavez react to Al Qaeda's 9/11 terrorist attacks?
* Terror threat from Venezuela: Al Qaeda involved
* 9/11: Chavez financed Al Qaeda, details of $1M donation emerge
* More Facts Uncovered in Chavez - Al Qaeda Collaboration

January 05, 2003



All that is required for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. The worst sin is to not speak up and not act when the liberty of a whole people is at stake.

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A news story article has been published: Chavez in Hiding: Will Not Explain His $1M Al Qaeda Financing By Johan Freitas, in Caracas In a pattern that closely follows his reaction to 9/11, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez has gone into hiding...

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   no source given for this nonsense     fuinseog    Mon Jan 06, 2003 00:48 
   Venezuela     B. Dillon    Mon Jan 06, 2003 00:52 
   Google Caught up     B. Dillon    Mon Jan 06, 2003 00:59 
   No sources? If you are to be truly objective, look first!     Lander Miranda    Mon Jan 06, 2003 01:01 
   Very Poor     Derek    Mon Jan 06, 2003 01:01 
   Chavez - Bin Laden     B. Dillon    Mon Jan 06, 2003 01:25 
   Derek, try spending some days here first....     El Pollo Valenciano    Mon Jan 06, 2003 01:47 
   It is not the fist time     Henry Nado    Mon Jan 06, 2003 02:33 
   Get a life.     IMC Thing    Mon Jan 06, 2003 05:14 
 10   sources     fuinseog    Mon Jan 06, 2003 06:15 
 11   Missing the point     Irony is dead    Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:00 
 12   Continued     Irony is dead    Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:02 
 13   The Strike     Joffe    Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:21 
 14   strikes and solidarity     redJaDe    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:01 
 15   Signs of desperation from the White House     Maubere    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:03 
 16   Report on Venezuela     Blockhead    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:29 
 17   Oil company should be under workers control     Joffe    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:51 
 18   Rightwing strikes     Irony is dead    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:55 
 19   Militant supported the 1974 Loyalist strike.     Hebe    Mon Jan 06, 2003 14:56 
 20   Anyone in doubt should see this movie...     Paul O'Donnell    Mon Jan 06, 2003 15:27 
 21   it's all about oil (and piddlesticks)     Piddlesticks    Mon Jan 06, 2003 15:40 
 22   Absolutely right     Irony is dead    Mon Jan 06, 2003 15:56 
 23   What's happening in Venezuela is a lockout, not a strike...     MG    Mon Jan 06, 2003 17:01 
 24   Black Propaganda and 'The Strike'     Terry    Mon Jan 06, 2003 18:16 
 25   Added as new article     Ray    Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:08 
 26   What a relief!     John    Tue Jan 07, 2003 15:08 
 27   ALQ+VEN+BIN LADEN CONNECTION SHAKEY AT BEST     Steve Kudlak    Wed Nov 17, 2004 09:55 


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