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Who told you they weren't democratic [0]? Remember that the US propaganda machine has good reason to call itself democratic while calling actual democratic nat

• Svip 13y ago
  It was not the US that told me they are not democratic. I don't base my news from US sources on Latin American countries. That being said, there is a lot of corruption abound in these countries, much so that affects their political systems and - yes - their election systems. For instance, when Hugo Chávez first tried to change the constitution so he could be president for life, his change was struck down by the voters. He might have been popular, but he wasn't that popular. Unfortunately, Latin American countries have copied the presidential republic system a bit too much from the USA, and given the president quite a range of power, that probably gives them a flair of dictatorship. But let's not kid ourselves, Hugo Chávez was hardly a nice man and I seen little evidence that things have gotten better in Venezuela since he took power 14 years ago.
  • lhnz 13y ago
    Perhaps not as liberal as some places in the world, but definitely less affected by American hegemony. And clearly misrepresented. The mixture the place offers is enough to protect Wikileaks and hopefully it will protect Snowden. It is nice to look at this from the perspective of people before principles. If he is safe there then that is good.