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Venezuala is presently under the repressive dictatorship of [[Hugo Chavez]] who has shown a marked intollerance for fundamental [[human rights]] <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276356,00.html Venezuelan Opposition Leader Demands Hugo Chavez Free Jailed Protesters], ''Associated Press'', May 30, 2007.</ref> and has funded insurgent activity outside of Venezuala's borders. Chavez has much control of oil revenues from Venezuala's state owned, state run oil monopoly. While Chavez in public criticizes [[capitalism]], Chavez has sought to manipulate oil prices above $60 per barrel for Venezuala's largest customer, the [[United States]].
Venezuala is presently under the repressive dictatorship of [[Hugo Chavez]] who has shown a marked intollerance for fundamental [[human rights]] <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276356,00.html Venezuelan Opposition Leader Demands Hugo Chavez Free Jailed Protesters], ''Associated Press'', May 30, 2007.</ref> and has funded insurgent activity outside of Venezuala's borders. Chavez has much control of oil revenues from Venezuala's state owned, state run oil monopoly. While Chavez in public criticizes [[capitalism]], Chavez has sought to manipulate oil prices above $60 per barrel for Venezuala's largest customer, the [[United States]].
The U.S. State Department's Report on Global [[Anti-Semitism]] also recently cited Venezuela for statements by "senior government officials supporting Iraq's [[Saddam Hussein]] and Islamic extremist movements" which "raised tensions and intimidated the country's Jewish community. There were several reports of anti-Semitic graffiti at synagogues in Caracas and two reported threatening phone calls made to Jewish community centers. In August, President Chavez cautioned citizens against following the lead of Jewish citizens in the effort to overturn his referendum victory. Anti-Semitic leaflets also were available to the public in an Interior and Justice Ministry office waiting room." <ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/40258.htm Report on Global Anti-Semitism] U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 5, 2005. </ref>
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