EU decision to validate Venezuela’s fraudulent elections a slap in the face to democracy

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I used to think that the 27-country European Union (EU) was a champion of democracy around the world. But the EU’s decision, in effect, to validate Venezuela’s fraudulent regional elections in November suggests that the European bloc has changed sides and now is in the business of legitimizing dictatorships. By Andrés Oppenheimer. Full Text-> Miami Herald

Yo solía pensar que la Unión Europea era una líder de la defensa de la democracia en el mundo. Pero la reciente decisión de la Unión Europea de enviar una misión de observación electoral a las fraudulentas elecciones de noviembre en Venezuela sugieren que la UE se ha cambiado de bando, y ahora está en el negocio de legitimar dictaduras. Texto completo -> ElNuevoHerald

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