Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, right, and Russia’s Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin find time for a chat during a welcoming ceremony at
Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, April 2, 2010.
Photo Credit:AP
The latest [dictator] to publicly announce his support for the
commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who
this week assured he’d vote for Obama if he were from the United States.
The America-bashing strongman made the announcement on state-owned
television, saying “Obama is a good guy” and that if Obama was from
Caracas, he’d surely return the favor by voting for Chavez.
Earlier in the year the government-official daughter of Cuban military
dictator Raul Castro proclaimed her country’s support for Obama during a
visit to the U.S. “I believe that Obama needs another opportunity and
he needs greater support to move forward with his projects and with his
ideas, which I believe come from the bottom of his heart,” Mariela
Castro said during a cable news interview. ...
That brings us to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who has eliminated most
elections in his country, monopolized all major media and destroyed the
political party system. ... In a letter to a major newspaper, the
president of a group dedicated to expanding freedom around the world
points out that under Putin there has been an “across-the-board
crackdown on civil society.” The piece goes on to ask: “Will Obama stand
up against Putin’s abuses?” Unlikely, now that the Russian dictator has
extended his endorsement.
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