Obama Requests Funding For Venezuelan Opposition in 2012 Budget http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/obama-requests-funding-for-venezuelan-opposition-in-2012-budget/

… The State Department’s public disclosure of 2012 funding for the Venezuelan opposition comes just after the Venezuelan National Assembly passed a law prohibiting foreign funding for political activities in late December 2010. The Law in Defense of Political Sovereignty and National Self-Determination clearly renders all foreign funding for political campaigns, parties and organizations, including NGOs, that engage in political activities, illegal. How exactly does Washington propose to channel those $5 million to Venezuelan groups, when such financing clearly constitutes a violation of Venezuelan law?