Chavez critics get a slam down

The always reliable Greg Palast debunks claims that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is funding "terrorism" .

Of course, the anti-Chavez editorializing has little to do with the facts. I think the worst is yet to come.

Chavez has been under fire for promoting a negotiated end to Colombia's civil war. Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe doesn't want to negotiate with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Perhaps, as his supporters would argue, because he doesn't need to. Perhaps, as a cynic might argue, because he - and the people who support him - prefer governing in a state of conflict. It keeps labour costs down.

When was the last time the Globe and Mail wrote an editorial about Colombian workers murdered on the job?