PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!!!! Zach Hurwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 11:18:29 -0700 Subject: Urgent: A Second Anti-Venezuela Resolution to be Introduced Tomorrow! From: Zach Hurwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ven Oct05 Founders Tour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ven WFYS pax Aug 05 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Venezuela - March 2006 Women's Tour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URGENT: A Second Anti-Venezuela Resolution to be Introduced Tomorrow in the House. Please contact your representative today! This Wednesday, Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN) intends to introduce a resolution in the House condemning Venezuela for supposedly not cooperating with the United States in the fight against narco- trafficking. Much like Connie Macks Anti-Venezuela resolution, which was introduced earlier this year, the Burton Resolution is also filled with distorted facts and half truths <http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=121006275&url_num=1&url=http://www.rethinkvenezuela.com/downloads/burtonres.htm> that paint an inaccurate picture of the situation (more details below). What You Can Do: Please contact your House representative today! There are three ways to help: 1) Click here to send a letter to your representative. <http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=121006275&url_num=2&url=http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/VIO/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3658> If you are not sure who your representative is, its ok! Our software will automatically identify your representative based on your home zip code. 2) Call your Representative to tell him/her that this ill-conceived legislation is filled with inaccuracies and will do nothing to improve U.S. Venezuela relations. The Congressional Switchboard can patch you through. Just call 202-224-3121. 3) Share this alert with your friends and colleagues. Please pass it on far and wide. Last March, your faxes and phone calls convinced Rep. Mack to pull his anti-Venezuela legislation. We need your help again, because the stakes could be even higher. What the Burton Resolution Says: The resolution argues that Venezuela is not doing enough to combat drug trafficking. While it is non-binding, the strategy is to create a public record of condemnation that may be used to justify more direct measures against Venezuela in the future. Like the Mack Resolution, it is another tool to discredit the Venezuelan government during an election year and even to justify intervention. Also like the Mack Resolution, it is based on some conspicuously bad information: 1) The Burton Resolution claims that drug trafficking significantly increased in Venezuela last year. In reality, Venezuelan drug seizures were on the increase, meaning that enforcement was way up, not an increase in trafficking. 2) The resolution cites a high-profile case of an airplane filled with cocaine that was seized in Mexico last month as an example of Venezuelas supposed lack of enforcement. The implication simply ignores the fact that tips from Venezuelan officials led to seizure in the first place. 3) The resolution claims that the Venezuelan government does not publicize its drug seizure statistics, which is simply a false statement. There are many more distorted facts in the resolution. To see the rest, check out our fact sheet <http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=121006275&url_num=3&url=http://www.rethinkvenezuela.com/downloads/burtonres.htm> here. ____________________________________ NOTE: The Venezuela Information Office is dedicated to informing the American public about contemporary Venezuela, and receives its funding from the government of Venezuela. More information is available from the FARA office of the Department of Justice in Washington DC. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
