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Cindy Sheehan: Corrupt Elections R US(a) - Interview With Cynthia McKinney

Proudest vote I ever cast (voting for myself for Congress edged Cynthia out a wee bit), and every day that she is dodging bombs, or demonization campaigns, working for peace and justice makes me even more proud of her and relieved that I voted for such a courageous, compassionate and intelligent person—not the dog and pony show we currently have “running” this nation. Obama, like the one before him, plays fast and loose with facts, and the children of others. One of the things that the ruling class of the world, not just the US, will say about Pres Chavez is that he is illegitimate because there is election fraud in Venezuela and that they fix the elections. We know that elections have been fixed since the beginning of time, no matter how hard you try to make them legitimate, there’s always some way to mess around with them. But people like yourself, and Robert Kennedy Jr., Bev Harris, Bob Fitrakis in Ohio, Greg Palast, you’ve brought to light the overt electoral fraud here in the United States, especially in 2000 and 2004, and not only is there election fraud but there’s just millions of instances I think of disfranchisement of people of color voting. Could you detail some of the abuses of not only electoral fraud in the United States but disenfranchisement? Cm: So, we begin with an imperfect democracy, and we have to understand that, and the challenge of various movements in our country has been to perfect our union and so of course we have had women who fought for probably 75 or 80 years for the right to be able to cast a vote. And we have black people whose struggle for the right to vote is legendary, and most recently we have our more recent immigrants who have come to this country who are language minorities, and they too have had to struggle to be included in our representative government. So, with an imperfect foundation, what are some of the manifestations we have seen recently that would give us pause as we say we are going out into the world to bring democracy to the rest of the world? Well of course we can’t take democracy anywhere if we don’t have it at home. You have to have it to share it. And we don’t have it. Why do I say that? Now, in 2000 I guess you can say that was almost the pinnacle of disfranchisement, because you had a group of people to sit in a room and decide whose vote was going to be counted and whose vote was not going to be counted.

Venezuelan authorities struggle over prison at Interesting facts

Caracas, Venezuela Authorities in Venezuela are fighting to regain control of a prison complex where armed inmates and troops have been clashing for days.

Authorities seized seven rifles, five shotguns, three carbines, one submachine gun, 20 guns and four revolvers, National Guard Gen. Luis Motta Dominguez has said, according to AVN. They also found 91 clips and eight hand grenades.

Shooting could be heard outside Rodeo I after nearly 5,000 forces, including guardsmen, were ordered by the government to enter the prisons to clear it of weapons Friday.

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Meanwhile, attempts to negotiate continued inside the Rodeo II prison, where inmates have refused to disarm.

Some 2,500 inmates have been transferred from the Rodeo I prison to other prisons, Venezuelan Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami said Sunday, according to the state-run AVN news agency. He said about 1,000 inmates remain at that prison, it reported.

At least 25 people have died at the prison complex, located in the northern state of Miranda, within the last week.

According to the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, a watchdog group, 124 people died in Venezuelan prisons during the first three months of this year. That figure does not include the latest outbreak of violence and represents a 22% increase over the 102 people who died during the same period a year ago, the group said.

Family members of inmates gathered outside the prison complex, many fearing the worst as sporadic gunshots rung out.

Of the 1,000 prisoners housed inside Rodeo II, a group of about 50 are causing problems, said El Aissami, AVN has reported.

Two Venezuelan national guardsmen and one prisoner were killed Friday, and 22 people died during a riot on June 12.

Petra Alvarez said Sunday she has been waiting days for news about her son.

"I want to know about my son," she said. "I'm waiting to find out whether he is alive or dead."

Also Sunday, a fire tore through parts of Rodeo I, AVN reported. An official told the agency the blaze was started by a short circuit and that no prisoners were injured by the flames.

Violence in overcrowded Venezuelan prisons is not uncommon.

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