Moisés Naím (born July 5, 1952)[1] is a Venezuelan journalist and writer. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (wikipedia)
This is pure gold for Chavez. He could not have wished for anything better to happen.
The State Department is undergoing a major review and there is a new posture, to win hearts and minds. And while that happens, Congress votes to build a wall along the border with Mexico. One move makes the other moot.
Chavez is riding high on anti-American sentiment, not just in Latin America but across the world. For some he is a model for the future.
The purpose of the index was to create a conversation in rich countries about what it means to be a global citizen. We are not just talking about aid volumes; we are also asking questions about whether this aid is going to tyrants and corrupt dictators.