Caracas, Venezuela: 'The New Leftist Mecca'

Celebrities, students and others from around the world are flocking to the city, under a president who has labeled George W. Bush's administration a terrorist regime.

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March 24, 2006, 9:00 AM PST

By David Gest

"Evoking other cities transformed by revolutionary leaders, like Managua in 1979 or Havana 20 years before that, Caracas is attracting students, celebrities, academics, activists, grandmothers and 1970s-era hippies -- a new generation of Sandalistas, as some call them.

Some, including Americans, have come to stay. But others have come for a new brand of revolutionary tourism organized by the government or by private groups."

FULL STORY: Caracas calling: A new mecca for the left

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 in The New York Times via International Herald Tribune

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