"I met her in Venezuela with a basket on her head. And if she knew others, she would not say, but I knew she’s due to pass away, to pass away the time in Venezuela." So goes the words of an old folk song made popular by the late Burl Ives. Which leads one to ask, "How are they passing the time in Venezuela these days, and with whose money?" We now know the answer to that question. The National Endowment for Democracy has spent to date, as far as we know, $877,000 on a variety of activities in Venezuela … Continue reading I Met Her in Venezuela