Noam #Chomsky denounces old friend Hugo #Chávez for ’assault’ on democracy | World news | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/03/noam-chomsky-hugo-chavez-democracy
Speaking to the Observer last week, Chomsky has accused the socialist leader of amassing too much power and of making an “assault” on Venezuela’s democracy.
“Concentration of executive power, unless it’s very temporary and for specific circumstances, such as fighting world war two, is an assault on democracy. You can debate whether [Venezuela’s] circumstances require it: internal circumstances and the external threat of attack, that’s a legitimate debate. But my own judgment in that debate is that it does not.”