WaPo Reports Hugo Chavez Grant to CASA de Maryland... on Page D8

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By Ken Shepherd (Bio | Archive)
August 5, 2008 - 12:15 ET

An authoritarian thug who runs the fourth largest exporter of oil to the United States is "Giving $1.5 million to a Maryland charity," the Washington Post reported today on page eight of its Business section.

Citgo, the Venezuelan-owned oil company, is making a $1.5 million donation to the Silver Spring nonprofit group CASA of Maryland to help fund educational, training and economic development programs for low-income and immigrant workers.

The contribution is the latest effort by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to reach out to the poor in the United States in what critics call an attempt to curry favor with low-income Americans and embarrass President Bush.

Of course CASA de Maryland, among other things, advocates for amnesty for illegal immigrants, yet nowhere in Alejandro Lazo's August 5 article did the Post staffer even mention the word "illegal" to modify the term immigrants.


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Ken, Ken, Ken...

August 5, 2008 - 12:45 ET by Roger the Shrubber

When you say "An authoritarian thug", you obviously mean the obviously and legimate Democratically-elected man or peace, er, president of Venezuela, right?

 

 

illegal immigrants

August 5, 2008 - 13:24 ET by HeavyChevy

Isn't that like an oxymoron or something? I always wondered how can you be illegal and an immigrant at the same time? 

"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."

I only fill up at Citgo

August 5, 2008 - 16:09 ET by Biff McCain

Now it's insulting to give money to the poor because it might make Bush look bad.

You people never got over failed coup d'etat to overthrow the duly elected Chavez.

I know how to win wars!

Biff, you fill your yugo there?

August 5, 2008 - 17:33 ET by upcountrywater

Now that you have a check comming, from your buddie Hugo.

Biff's been given a new car drive with PRIDE

Biff's ah Liberal entitlement wanna be


IranianUranium

Good for you Biff, Now if

August 5, 2008 - 18:18 ET by mastersofdeceit

Good for you Biff,

Now if Chavez could just do something about that 37% below the poverty line in his OWN country I'm sure the poor people there would appreciate it.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html#Econ

wasn't Saddam duly elected by a 99.8% margin?

August 6, 2008 - 07:01 ET by theduck6

Didn't the sale of plastics shredders go up by .2% after the election?

Duly elected

August 6, 2008 - 07:11 ET by Cool Arrow

And summarily executed

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