thomas-steg – The Mail & Guardian

/ 12 May 2008

Germany ignores Chávez’s Hitler slur against Merkel

The German government on Monday brushed off a verbal attack from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in which the leftist leader said Chancellor Angela Merkel was a political descendant of Adolf Hitler and German fascism. Merkel sets off for her first trip to Latin America on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 3 December 2007

Observers say Russia’s poll ‘not fair’

International observers declared on Monday that Russia’s parliamentary elections failed to meet widely accepted democratic standards, saying President Vladimir Putin and his government abused their power to favour the dominant Kremlin-backed party while opposition forces were harassed.

By Conor Sweeney and Christian Lowe