Venezuela: Church Warns of Chavez Dictatorship Grab

by Anna Mahjar-Barducci:

Hugo Chavez’s eighteen months of special ruling powers and the new package of laws that dramatically expand his rule in the country created a strong debate inside Venezuela against the government. The Catholic Church has also expressed its fears, affirming that the new Enabling Law moves the country towards a dictatorship, similar to Cuba’s with Fidel Castro.

Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, warned Chavez on TV to behave in a responsible way towards Venezuela, in case Chavez wants “to impose a totalitarian dictatorship that would certainly mean something terrible for Venezuela,”

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