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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus2/25/2010 8:08:56 pm PST

Looks like Hugo is upset at the OAS:

Venezuelan official disputes report on human rights abuses

Venezuela’s top human rights official on Thursday disputed findings of a report issued by an Organization of American States commission, and accused the panel of unfairly distorting statistics to show a pattern of political repression and abuses by the government.

The report, released Wednesday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, said Venezuela’s government often intimidates or punishes citizens based on their political beliefs.

At a news conference in Caracas, Ombudswoman Gabriela Ramirez said the report “attempts, once again, to discredit and weaken the democratic institutions of the state,” and accused the OAS of lacking impartiality, according to the official ABN news agency.