Friday, October 24, 2008

Yet More National OSocialist Shock


I'M SHOCKED, href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102303364.html">SHOCKED:


The Miami trial of a Venezuelan entrepreneur who grew rich doing business
with President Hugo Chávez's populist administration has exposed how some top
government officials have profited from a corrosive web of corruption in the
oil-rich country.

Kickbacks, bribes and secret payoffs have become a feature in the socialist
administration, which had claimed a break from the past but instead has seen
several officials implicated in multimillion-dollar corruption schemes,
according to testimony and conversations taped by the FBI. The trial has also
revealed the Chávez government's determination to funnel state funds to its
allies in Latin America and the lengths it will go to to keep the aid
secret.


Corruption among socialists? But they're for the people! Right?