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Article: Chavez ramps up anti-Semitic acts Ch vez ramps up anti-Semitic acts.(Local)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2008
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Byline: ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
By ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT Hugo Ch vez and his followers have sought to harass and intimidate the Catholic Church, the media, university students, political opponents and multinational companies doing business in Venezuela, to name just a few targets. Thus it can hardly come as a surprise that Ch vez also would attack the Jewish community. Indeed, it's an old, old story.
The point, of course, is to bully and discredit institutions that have existed and thrived for years in Venezuela. Perhaps because of their vitality and independence, Ch vez sees them as an intolerable threat.
The Venezuelan ...