From The Wall Street Journal:
A federal jury in Miami yesterday convicted Venezuelan Franklin Duran of acting illegally on behalf of his government inside the U.S. If there were any lingering doubts about the danger that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez presents to democracy in the Western Hemisphere, this verdict puts them to rest.
The mischief began in 2007 during Argentina's presidential campaign season. The Peronist candidate was Cristina Kirchner, wife of President Nestór Kirchner, who also happened to be a good friend of Mr. Chávez. In August Guido Antonini, a Venezuelan businessman traveling on a Venezuelan state oil company plane, was caught entering Argentina with $800,000 in cash. Argentina let Mr. Antonini go and he returned to his home in Miami, where he was met by the feds and spilled the beans about the destination of the money: Mrs. Kirchner's campaign.
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A federal jury in Miami yesterday convicted Venezuelan Franklin Duran of acting illegally on behalf of his government inside the U.S. If there were any lingering doubts about the danger that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez presents to democracy in the Western Hemisphere, this verdict puts them to rest.
The mischief began in 2007 during Argentina's presidential campaign season. The Peronist candidate was Cristina Kirchner, wife of President Nestór Kirchner, who also happened to be a good friend of Mr. Chávez. In August Guido Antonini, a Venezuelan businessman traveling on a Venezuelan state oil company plane, was caught entering Argentina with $800,000 in cash. Argentina let Mr. Antonini go and he returned to his home in Miami, where he was met by the feds and spilled the beans about the destination of the money: Mrs. Kirchner's campaign.
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