Chavista Bosom Buddy Will Lead Electoral Mission to Venezuela

Román explains that Fernández is not a hard-line Marxist of the Hugo Chávez or Fidel Castro variety. However, as president he was a solid ally of Venezuela, and he grew ever closer to and economically dependent on Chávez. “[He was] invited on many occasions to PSUV conventions in Caracas.… And even very recently, this year, when a mission of … former Latin American heads of state decided to sign a document asking for the release of [political prisoner] Leopoldo López — when they came to the Dominican Republic asking for his signature, he refused … and to this day he has not signed.” More…