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So Condoleeza Rice is wrapping up her five day trip to Latin America and how did mainstream media cover it? Let’s look first at the recent decision on the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

If it’s wrong for Clarence Thomas to insinuate that Anita Hill was suffering from “erotomania” when she testified against him, it doesn’t become right for Hugo Chávez to make similar comments regardless of how much one dislikes Condoleeza Rice (and I count myself among those who dislike her) simply because he’s Venezuelan.