Hugo Chavez: Independent Retracts Anti-Gay Slur

The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign today welcomed a decision by The Independent newspaper to retract a story titled: "Chavez's homophobic rant against challenger" (16 February 2012 by Simeon Tegel). The article has been withdrawn from its website.

On its website, The Independent explains: 
"Correction: An article in our foreign pages recently alleged that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela had indulged in a "homophobic rant" against a political rival. We now accept that President Chavez did no such thing. We are happy to set the record straight."

Venezuela Solidarity Campaign. [Link now broken - sorry].
Here's the mighty Fagburn on this vile slur at the time.