Ray - No comment for the reasons I stated. I respond to factual debate not insults.

I don't quote Roy Carson and have never quoted Vegas.

You have never answered my question: If KRY is so beloved by VZ why are we where we are? What is the reason for our situation and all the bad press.

If Paris was innocent why did KRY dismiss him from the BOD in an attempt to appease Chavez? Quite often governments don't prosecute their opponents in coups. It all depends on their assessment of the risk/reward. In this I know what I am talking about. I have a degree in foreign affairs/Soviet area studies and and advanced degree in Latin American studies. It is often better to let your enemy remain free but watched than to arrest or kill him and make him a martyr.