Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
Mark WeisbrotThe Center for Economic and Policy Research is a Washington, D.C., think tank focusing on economic and social issues. Mark Weisbrot is the center’s Co-Director. The following is excerpted from June 24, 2004, testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs.To set the record straight: Venezuela is a democracy, as much as any country in Latin America today. As Jimmy Carter said on a visit there, "I believe that freedom of speech is as alive in Venezuela as it is in any other country I’ve visited." The same is…
