The Guardian publishes a transcript of its interview with Noam Chomsky about Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and the Afiuni affair
The Guardian reported on Sunday that Noam Chomsky had accused Hugo Chávez of amassing too much power and making an “assault” on Venezuela’s democracy.
The article was based on a telephone interview with the scholar on the eve of Chomsky publishing an open letter which criticised the jailing of a Venezuelan judge, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, after she made a ruling which angered Chávez.
Chomsky subsequently told a blogger that the article was “dishonest” and “deceptive”, an accusation that has been reported elsewhere. Read the rest of this entry »
