Rapporten er da ikke positiv læsning, men jeg forstår ikke helt følgende:
"The 1999 Constitution significantly expanded human rights guarantees by, among other things, granting Venezuela´s international rights obligations precedence over domestic law. It also created a new Supreme Court and sought to provide this court with the institutional independence it would need to serve as the ultimate guarantor of these fundamental rights.
But this historic opportunity has since been largely squandered. The most dramatic setback came in April 2002 when a coup d´état temporarily removed Chávez from office and replaced him with an unelected president who, in his first official act, dissolved the country´s democratic institutions, suspending the legislature and disbanding the Supreme Court. Within 40 hours, the coup unraveled, Chávez returned to office, and the constitutional order was restored. But while this derailment of Venezuelan democracy lasted less than two days, it has haunted Venezuelan politics ever since, providing a pretext for a wide range of government policies that have undercut the human rights protections established in the 1999 Constitution."
Altså, det er jo ikke Chavez, der kuppede demokratiet. Det var militæret og Fedecarmaras, der vist er en sammenslutning af rige forretningsfolk, og de kontrollerede også store dele af medierne. Personligt kunne jeg da godt tænke mig en forklaring af, hvor stor en trussel de kræfter reelt var efterfølgende. Ikke at det som sådan undskylder Chavez´ CV, men det kunne måske højne forståelsen af, hvor svært/let det er at få et demokrati til at fungere i Venezuela.
"The problem with my life is that I've said too much shit in the past and no-one forgets it"