Venezuelan opposition.

Editor,

Now your newspaper is an official mouthpiece of the Venezuelan opposition? Shades of the hysteria you expressed regarding WMD in the run-up to George Bush's invasion of Iraq.

If you are concerned about Hugo Chavez's spending on human needs, as opposed to hoarding oil profits in the manner of American corporations, why don't you interview his treasury secretary or the president of his central bank? The Venezuelan "opposition", to whom you turn repeatedly for analysis of Senor Chavez's policies, are funded by right-wing American Republicans. Do your interests coincide with theirs?