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Arias Regrets Chávez' Invested
Powers
The special ruling powers
granted Wednesday on Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez are, "the
denial of democracy," said Costa
Rican president Oscar Arias.
"There is a simple difference
between a dictator and a
democrat.
A democrat is set to create
opposition if there is no one. A
dictator, for his part, dreams
of removing any dissent,"
Arias, a laureate of 1987 Nobel
Peace Prize, told local radio
broadcaster Columbia.
Arias was at odds with the fact
that Chávez will be able to rule
by means of directives over the
next 18 months.
Arias pointed to "uprising over
the past few years" in the
hemisphere due to the comeback
of "bossism and populism, which
are Latin American diseases."
In Arias' opinion, they are
inherent in the culture, history
and way of thinking of the Latin
American people.
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