Pushing Democracy

Today I have to quote an entire article, because it's good to see a voice in leadership position speaking out in truth, without fear of the repurcussions that will obviously come. It's really sad when our government needs to be reminded that democracy means to be "governed by the people". Our elected representatives are pretending democracy means "what we say goes." Here's the article, from the BBC:

US pushes democracy at OAS summit

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for greater intervention by the Organisation of American States in promoting democracy in Latin America. Opening an OAS summit in Florida, she highlighted concerns over political crises in Bolivia, Ecuador and Haiti. Private groups and individuals should be able to raise concerns with the OAS to help monitor democracy, she said.

But Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of seeking to impose a "global dictatorship."

"So, they're going to try to monitor the Venezuelan government through the OAS, they must be joking!" he said, speaking in Caracas shortly before the conference opened on Sunday.

"If there is any government that should be monitored by the OAS, then it should be the US government," he added.