Chavez Rounding Up Top Political Foes

Is president tightening grip as oil prices drop?

By Gabriel Winant, Newser User

Posted Apr 3, 2009 7:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Venezuelan government arrested opposition figure Raúl Baduel yesterday, the second such move in recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Baduel, a former defense minister and ally of President Hugo Chavez, helped restore the president to power after a coup in 2002, but... Read full story »

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