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Venezuela slams US rights claim | |
2006-03-10 | |
In the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries, Venezuela has declared that a US state department report, saying Hugo ChavezÂ’s government violated human rights, is nothing more than "toilet paper". The blunt riposte from Caracas is the culmination of weeks of arguments between the two countries which saw two diplomats expelled. The US state department released its 2005 report on world human rights on Wednesday, pointing out that opponents of Chavez were harassed, restrictive laws on the media and use of the judicial system for political ends. The Venezuelan vice president, Vicente Rangal said: "These reports are just toilet paper, exactly that, toilet paper, because the US state department officials have no authority to judge any country in the world. If any country or any government violates human rights and is a centre of corruption, it's the US government," he said.
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Posted by:Fred |
#4 "These reports are just toilet paper.." Lies!…all lies...I have a stellar Human rights record. Besides…who ya gonna believe….The Inter-American commission on Human Rights, Journalists and Reporters without Borders, The Inter-American Press Association, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, The World Bank, Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos, or the OAS? Or my friends Libya, Iran, and Cuba? |
Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-03-10 11:47 |
#3 Lol, mojo! Summation par excellence. |
Posted by: .com 2006-03-10 10:45 |
#2 You just don't see the "Poopy Head" defense much anymore. |
Posted by: mojo 2006-03-10 10:41 |
#1 Right now in venezuela the people are all looking at each other saying, "What the hell is toilet paper?" |
Posted by: Thineth Crineger7860 2006-03-10 09:35 |