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Human Rights Advocate and Author

Thor Halvorssen

5 articles 2003–2005

Thor Halvorssen is a Venezuelan-Norwegian human rights advocate and the founder of the Human Rights Foundation. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2003 and 2005, focusing extensively on Hugo Chávez's authoritarian governance in Venezuela and its impact on civil liberties and the media.

Hurricane Hugo

August 8, 2005 · Features, Magazine, Thor Halvorssen

Caracas, Venezuela

Comandante Chavez's Friends

March 11, 2003 · Blog, Thor Halvorssen

LATE LAST YEAR, 16 U.S. congressmen voiced their approval for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Representatives Barney Frank, John Conyers, Chaka Fattah, Jan Schakowsky, Jose Serrano, and others complained in a letter to President Bush that the United States was not adequately protecting Chavez…

Horror in Venezuela

January 23, 2003 · Blog, Thor Halvorssen

VENEZUELA IS NOW an abyss where there is no rule of law. A rogue government tortures innocent civilians with impunity while paying lip service to democracy and buying time at the "negotiation" table set up by the Organization of American States. Venezuela's foreign minister, Roy Chaderton, has…