Joaquin Perez Becerra’s April 23 arrest at Marquetia Airport near Caracas triggered questions about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s role in the affair. Many leftists in Venezuela and elsewhere have lauded Chavez as a socialist and protagonist of continent-wide emancipation, but in this instance, see him as knuckling under to a repressive Colombian government. The murder … Continue reading Chavez’s jailing of Colombian political refugee causes outrage