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Trouble is, the list of horrific despots that the US (and plenty of other supposedly 'civilised' western countries) have supported enthusiastically is a long one. Here are just 10:
Don't trash the Bolivarians for despotism when you've been active participants in totalitarianism the world over.
- Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haiti)
- Manuel Noriega (Panama)
- Augusto Pinochet (Chile)
- Chiang Kai-shek (China)
- The Shah of Iran
- Ferdinand Marcos (Phillippines)
- Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan)
- Charles Taylor (Liberia)
- Francisco Franco (Spain)
- Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)
You forgot to mention the successive right wing Presidents of Venezuela that the US supported for decades that directly lead to Chavez taking over...