Hugo Chavez’s Bad Habits

Ray Walser / July 16, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is about to release a new study reporting links between Venezuela and increased cocaine trafficking. The report notes that shipments of cocaine transiting Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela increased from 60 metric tons in 2004 to 260 metric tons in 2007. (The State Department says 300 metric tons in 2008.) The report will also highlight sustained links between Venezuela and the narco-terrorists of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

According to the GAO, corruption in Venezuela’s National Guard “poses the most significant threat.” The National Guard reports directly to Chavez and controls movements in Venezuela’s airports, borders, and ports. (more…)