CCI Note: President Obama is a great fan of Hugo Chavez.

Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed concern that a dictatorship is being established in Venezuela. According to local press reports, the Archbishop of Caracas has stressed the importance of all Venezuelans to work for peace, whatever place they occupy in society. But he also expressed his fear about the destination towards which the country is heading.

The Cardinal, referring to the strong criticism expressed by President Hugo Chavez to the confrontations by the Church in Venezuela, said on television: “If someone gets angry because the Bishops note that there are political prisoners, if someone feels offended because we ask to respect the right to information, we are very sorry, but this is a postulate of the Constitution.”