House resolution designates Venezuela 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'

At a time of growing US poverty, hunger, homelessness, and despair, imperial wars without end, and the Obama administration even worse than its predecessor, Venezuela: * is a model participatory democracy; * holds free, fair and open elections; * respects the rule of law, civil liberties, and human rights; * doesn't intimidate its neighbors; * uses its resources responsibly for the people; * provides essential social services for the needy; * champions judicial fairness and the rule of law; * has a model free and open media; * wages no foreign wars; * doesn't torture or imprison its adversaries; * conducts effective operations to halt illicit drugs trafficking; * promotes global peace, solidarity, equality and social justice; and * its only threat is its good example that shames its northern neighbor. In contrast, America: