What would you call an organisation that when caught making false allegations, refuses to answer legitimate questions or hold an investigation? Answer: Transparency International!

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Opposition students in Venezuela are depicted as poor victims of an authoritarian regime. The world media pick up on this and repeat the fairy tale until people start to believe it. But these students are such victims that they receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in the form of the "Milton Friedman Liberty Prize". Friedman's Chicago Boys were also advisers to Pinochet, no doubt also seen as a "victim" by these people.

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The democratic primaries held by the 5.7-million-strong United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on June 1, to choose candidates for the November 23 regional elections for mayors and governors, are crucial for re-engaging and revitalising the grassroots of the Chavista movement to push the revolution forward.

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A few days ago London's Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, scrapped the discounted oil deal with the Venezuelan government which allowed half price bus fares for Londoners on income support.

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