Jewish groups decry 'anti-Semitic' Venezuelan state media article
Posted By admin on February 19, 2012
By the CNN Wire Staff updated 5:25 PM EST, Sun February 19, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS A state media article describes an opposition presidential candidate's Jewish heritage ADL official: The article is "an attempt to cast the opposition candidate as a 'traitorous Jew'" "We urge President Chavez to put an end to this campaign," the Simon Wiesenthal Center says Venezuelan officials have not responded, but Chavez has condemned anti-Semitism in the past (CNN) -- Two Jewish organizations are calling on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop what they say are anti-Semitic attacks by his government's media. A Venezuelan state media article about Chavez's chief political challenger drew criticism from the New York-based Anti-Defamation League and the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center last week. Titled, "The Enemy is Zionism," the Venezuelan National Radio column details opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski's Jewish heritage and says the governor of Miranda state "represents Israeli ideology covertly." Capriles and Chavez, who has been Venezuela's president for 13 years, will face off in presidential elections in October.
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Jewish groups decry 'anti-Semitic' Venezuelan state media article
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