Abuses in Venezuela

Why have you ignored one of Venezuela's most serious human rights problems – the assassination of hundreds of peasant activists since 2001 by gunmen hired by wealthy land owners? On 8 June, Venezuelanalysis.com reported a 10,000-person march on the National Assembly to demand justice for the victims. You reported none of this and have disregarded this grave human rights issue for years, although you recently published articles about Chávez going bald and about his "conspiracy theories" surrounding the death of Simón Bolívar . Peasants have clearly been targeted in order to defeat the Chávez government's efforts to remedy the gross inequities in land distribution across Venezuela. The victims of this violence, and the truth, deserve better. Noam Chomsky MIT Roger Annis CanadaHaitiAction.ca Rachael Boothroyd VenezuelAnalysis.com Brian Concannon Human rights lawyer Charles Callman Activist David Cromwell Medialens Mike Davis Author David Edwards Medialens Joe Emersberger HaitiAnalysis.com Yves Engler Author Anthony Fenton Journalist Crystal Geyer Activist Eva Golinger Author, Correo del Orinoco International Kim Ives Haiti Liberté John E Jones Author, Canada Brooks Kind Artist Tamara Pearson VenezuelAnalysis.com David Peterson Writer Adrienne Pine American University , Washington DC John Pilger Journalist, flmmaker Dr Diana Raby Senior fellow in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool Bob Rawlings US Dr William Robinson University of California, Santa Barbara Manuel Rozental Colombian activist and physician Jeb Sprague University of California, Santa Barbara Saras Udanpur London Greg Wilpert VenezuelAnalysis.com Michael D Yates Professor emeritus, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and associate editor of Monthly Review Gabriele Zamparini Filmmaker