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VENEZUELA’S PUPPET COURTS President Hugo Chavez has stacked the Supreme Court with his political cronies, people of very little legal background, and they’ve begun reversing decisions from the previous court - in a bid to persecute Chavez’s political opponents. Those who oppose Chavez are finding that earlier rulings in their favor, shielding them from political revenge, are now perfectly reversible. Venezuela’s bloggers call this a dangerous development. Shorter and longer descriptions can be read here and here.