Editing Hugo Chávez (section)

=====Allegations of antisemitism=====
{{See also|Antisemitism in Venezuela#Accusations of Chávez anti-Semitism|l1=Accusations of Chávez antisemitism}}
Chavez's [[Anti-Zionism|opposition to Zionism]] and [[Iran–Venezuela relations|close relations with Iran]] led to accusations of [[antisemitism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lauder urges Venezuela to fight anti-Semitism, resume ties with Israel|url=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/12950/lauder_urges_venezuela_to_fight_anti_semitism_resume_ties_with_israel |publisher=World Jewish Congress|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/13/chavez-jews-referendum-opinions-contributors_0215_rowan_schoen.html |title=Hugo Chavez And Anti-Semitism |magazine=Forbes |access-date=19 May 2014 |date=15 February 2009}}</ref> Such claims were made by the Venezuelan Jewish community at a [[World Jewish Congress]] Plenary Assembly in [[Jerusalem]], after Venezuela's oldest synagogue was vandalised by armed men.<ref name=WJCchavez /> In 2006, the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] published a shortened version of a speech by Chávez, which significantly changed its meaning to make it appear that he had made anti-Semitic remarks. The ''[[New York Daily News]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' published the Wiesenthal Center's claim. The Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela, the [[American Jewish Committee]] and the [[American Jewish Congress]] said that Chavez’s comments were not aimed at Jews, but rather at "the white oligarchy that has dominated the region since the colonial era".<ref>{{cite web|title=Venezuela's Jews Defend Leftist President in Flap Over Remarks|url=http://forward.com/articles/1874/venezuelaes-jews-defend-leftist-president-in-fla/|work=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=13 January 2006|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Playing the 'Anti-Semitism' Card Against Venezuela|work=NACLA |url=https://nacla.org/node/6106|publisher=North American Congress on Latin America|date=September 2009|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> In 2009, attacks on a synagogue in Caracas were alleged to be influenced by "vocal denunciations of Israel" by the Venezuelan state media and Hugo Chávez, even though Chavez promptly condemned the attacks, blaming an "oligarchy".<ref name=WJCchavez>{{cite web|title=Venezuela's oldest synagogue vandalized by armed men|url=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/7835/venezuela_s_oldest_synagogue_vandalized_by_armed_men|publisher=World Jewish Congress|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/02/01/pol_ava_chavez-responsabiliz_01A2212005 |title=Chávez responsabiliza a "oligarquía" por ataque a la sinagoga |work=El Universal |date=1 February 2009 |access-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606232025/http://www.eluniversal.com/2009/02/01/pol_ava_chavez-responsabiliz_01A2212005 |archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref> A weeklong investigation by the Venezuelan [[CICPC]] stated the synagogue attack to be an 'inside job', the motive apparently being robbery rather than antisemitism.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/24250/presento-los-resultados-de-la-investigacion-de-los-ataques-a-la-sinagoga/ |title=Presentó los resultados de la investigación de los ataques a la Sinagoga |work=Noticias24.com |date=9 February 2009 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831152552/http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/24250/presento-los-resultados-de-la-investigacion-de-los-ataques-a-la-sinagoga/ |archive-date=31 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/24321/trasladan-a-los-tribunales-a-implicados-en-ataque-a-la-sinagoga/ |title=Trasladan a los Tribunales a implicados en ataque a la sinagoga |work=Noticias24.com |date=10 February 2009 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003809/http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/24321/trasladan-a-los-tribunales-a-implicados-en-ataque-a-la-sinagoga/ |archive-date=7 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>