Irrefutable Proof of the Existence of Political Prosecution in Venezuela/Pruebas irrefutables de la existencia de persecución política en Venezuela

Irrefutable Proof of the Existence of Political Prosecution in Venezuela/Pruebas irrefutables de la existencia de persecución política en Venezuela
By Aleksander Boyd
The existence of systematic political prosecution in Venezuela, as established in article 7 of the Rome Statute, has been been argued for some time now. Apologists of Hugo Chavez maintain that it is nonsense, just another cry wolf allegation against the 'democratically elected' leader. Many people have complained about the existence of a list, compiled by chavista assemblyman Luis Tascon with a group of collaborators, that is widely utilised by government officials at all institutional levels to deny passports, contracts, IDs, employments, benefits, etc. Researching a bit about this topic I was able to find, download the list via emule (just search for "lista de tascon") and install the software in my PC. It contains details of 12.394.109 citizens, that is to say Venezuela's entire electoral register up until July 6 2004. The images speak for themselves. The questions: what would happen should any of the leaders of the democratic nations of the world be caught ordering the construction of such database? What would happen to the electoral institutions of any European country and its officials should they be caught passing critical information with respect to the political tendencies of the electorate to politicians of a given ruling party?/La existencia de persecución política en Venezuela, tal como lo establece el estatuto de Roma, ha sido argumentada por algún tiempo. Aplogistas de Chavez sostienen que esto es absurdo y que no es mas que ataques contra un lider democráticamente electo. Muchos se han quejado de la existencia de una lista del asambleista chavista Luis Tascon. La cual es usada por el gobierno a todo nivel para negar pasaportes, contratos, identificaciones, empleos, beneficios, etc.Investigando sobre esto, cargué en mi computadora la lista con detalles de 12.394.109 ciudadanos, es decir el registro electoral completo. Las preguntas: ¿qué pasaría si alguno de los líderes de las naciones democráticas hubieran sido descubierto ordenando la contrucción de esta base de datos?,¿o si las instituciones electorales europeas hubieran pasado informacion crítica sobre las tendencias políticas del electorado al partido de gobierno?(ver el artículo completo/full article)