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Keeping it real with Cher Best

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UrbanProWeekly: Where were you born and raised?

CHER BEST: I’m the product of a military family. I was born in Germany and my dad got stationed at Fort Gordon when I was four years old.

I’ve been a little bit of everywhere, Seattle, Colorado, Washington.

UPW: Most folks in town know you as an on-air radio personality with a huge dedication to community causes and personal advancement and improvement. Some people can still remember Cher Best as a local Girl Scout representative. Describe briefly how you went from being a social worker to an electronic social activist and community champion.

CHER: Wow! Social activist, that sounds so impressive.

Thanks, that’s quite a compliment. To be honest, it was something that I got from my mother. She was very adamant when we were growing up about us doing our best but also about us doing right by others. I remember once that she told my brother that the good that comes to you is relative to the kindness you show strangers.

UPW: When did you first meet Minnesota Fattz?

CHER: My first real job as a field executive for Girls Scouts gave me an outlet to be creative. My job was to grow membership, so I designed and created specialty programs in my areas that I knew would interest the target group (the girls). My membership growth was 20-30% on a regular basis. While there at the Girls Scouts, I was fortunate to meet a woman by the

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Cher Best has it going on…literally! Her career in media currently includes co-hosting the most popular local morning show in the CSRA – the Fattz & Cher Morning Show on 96.3 Kiss FM. She is the television host of the Friday entertainment feature, NBC Augusta All Access; and is a columnist for the Augusta Chronicle’s entertainment magazine, The Applause.

Cher was most recently promoted to Marketing/ Promotions Manager for Clear Channel Media & Entertainment (Augusta) and supervises the marketing for six radio stations, and their branding. name of Sharon Caldwell. She saw something in me – started to mentor me and encouraged my ideas. Under her guidance I started to do my own marketing and promotions for my areas. It took the membership growth in my areas to 40 and 50% in some areas. After the success there, they gave a promotion to Public Relations Director.

While I was the PR Director at Girl Scouts I met Fattz and James Alexander. Fattz liked my voice and thought it could be developed. At the time, their news director Carol Redd was sick so Fattz asked me to fill in for him. I would do the morning show news with Fattz 6-10 and then go to Girls Scouts and be the PR Director from 10-5pm.

UPW: I remember when you and Minnesota switched radio stations, that were a big deal. Share with us some of your recollections about the move and why you might have had second thoughts at the time.

CHER: Actually, I didn’t really have any second thoughts about the move. Fattz was way Cher Best with members of Cher’s Sisters Only Club during Prom-A-Palooza, an event sponsored by the club. On Saturday afternoon, (Mar. 9) young women were allowed to pick out a free dress, shoes and accessories for prom. About 100 dresses were available.

Cher’s Club is “a civic club with the purpose to promote health and wellness education; develop the potential of teenage girls and women; and improve the quality of life in the CSRA through speciality events and programs”.

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more apprehensive than me. I saw an opportunity to grow to a larger audience for both of us and to be compensated for it. My loyalty was to Fattz and I really thought that he was

more talented than even he knew at the time.

When we moved, what most people don’t know is that, I coordinated and designed the marketing campaign behind

it. The station that we were moving to wanted us to be on afternoons. I had a conversation with the GM at the time.

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Radio personality Cher Best (L) of Kiss 96.3 FM assists Angel Holston (R) with a new prom dress she picked out during Prom-A-Palooza, an event sponsored by Cher’s Sisters Only Club. On Saturday afternoon, young ladies were allowed to pick out a free dress, shoes and accessories for prom. Almost 100 dresses were available for selection by young women who were in the Independent Living Program, in foster care, living with grandparents or who just had a need. Cher’s Club is “a civic club with the purpose to promote health and wellness education; develop the potential of teenage girls and women; and improve the quality of life in the CSRA through speciality events and programs”. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Cher from page 3 His name was Garry Pizatti, he was a very no nonsense kind of person and I told him that if Fattz and I did afternoons we would get him the ratings that he wanted but if we did mornings we would get him the ratings and the revenue that he needed. I was confident that we could do it. The first day on the air we did afternoons…so many people flooded the phones calling the GM that he canceled the contract for the morning syndicated show he was going to put on and put us back on instead.

In less than a year we were number one. That’s when Fattz told me that I was a natural in marketing. He has trusted me to do that for our brand ever since.

UPW: You’ve been in the radio business for a while. Name three of the biggest changes in the business that you personally have had to deal with.

CHER: One of the biggest challenges has been having people believe that I know what I am talking about.

(Laughing) Like any business, I think most people are willing to accept a strong man in a leadership position, a strong woman, not so much. It’s a bit different for women, sometimes people have a tendency to be patronizing to me in the beginning. I take it as

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a challenge though. I once had a promoter tell me not to worry my pretty little head about a marketing campaign that I had put together because he was going to get it all straight with Fattz.

You could have bought him for a penny when Fattz referred him back to me.

Now he and I are the best of friends and we laugh about it when he calls.

I guess the second is having a personal life that is actually personal. People are very interested in my personal life because we have a relationship via what I do on the air Mon-Fri. 6 to 10, so they think it’s ok for them to be interested, but sometimes people become too familiar and it can be scary. I have had two stalkers in my 16-year radio career one male and one female. That’s the only time it was scary though. For the most part, people are so amazingly nice to me.

The third thing is learning to turn off my “on” button and rest. That is the absolute hardest thing for me.

Sometimes I’ll get excited about something I’m doing, a project, a promotion and I’ll get so caught up in it that I forget to eat or to take a break. If I end up with a headache, that’s when I realize, oh yeah, I need to eat something.

I think that drives my mother crazy, so I’ve tried to do better on that.

UPW: Describe a typical week for Cher Best. For example, you have to get up real early in the morning. After you’re off the air, it really doesn’t stop does it?

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CHER: I get up at 4 am, I feed Denzel, shower and change, get to work at 5:15, do my entertainment and show prep. On the air 6-10, after that, I do my production (aka commercials that are scheduled for me to cut for clients). Then I check my e-mails and returning phone calls. I also try to schedule interviews for the week. Around 2pm, I update the talking points for the rest of the staff on Power and Kiss because I handle promotions for the rest of the stations. We have staff meeting on Tuesdays and then, more production.

I generally spend a large portion of the day on show prep and promotions for Power 107 and 96.3 Kiss FM. Then I send the sales team any packages that we might have available. I arrange community collaborations with the station also coordinate press, Public Affairs programming and our internship program. Now days I try to stop no matter what at 5pm.

UPW: You obviously love the CSRA. Have you seriously considered living somewhere else?

CHER: Yes, I do love this city and the people in it. I did consider living in Chicago because of a job offer years back, but Augusta is a beautiful city and it feels like home to me.

UPW: For most media folks, entertainment, politics and social activism are very different arenas.

You’ve managed to engage in all three very seamlessly. Was that an accident or was it something you had to work at?

CHER: I don’t know that I work at it necessarily. I just know what I feel.

When I see something that is wrong or that I think “we” can make better, in my heart, I am compelled to try. I don’t mean to be political; it just happens that way sometimes. I know that when it comes to matters of children and the development of women, I’m particularly moved to action. I’m not sure where that comes from, perhaps because of my mom or because I’ve had some great mentors and role models in my lifetime.

I remember hearing a message at church one Sunday… maybe it best describes what drives me. “Whatever you are called to do is your mission in life.” I feel compelled to act on certain things – so I do. I’m lucky in that my company, Clear Channel, my VP (Ivy Elam), and Ops Mgr. Travis Dylan allow me to do it and support me in it.

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UPW: You have to be given credit for going the extra mile. The fact that you actually attended a national PTA event in Atlanta is amazing.

What drives you to take education matters so seriously?

CHER: I was fortunate to be asked to attend that. It was a great way to see the Democratic process at work for education. I think that ignorance is a disease that can destroy communities; I don’t want that to happen here. I know it’s a buzz phrase, but knowledge really is power. An educated man/ woman is a powerful being. I’m all for making sure people have the best opportunities possible. Sometimes you do the right thing, just because it’s the right thing to do.

Educating our kids is the right thing to do.

UPW: Folks from around the country can now tune in to The Fattz and Cher Morning Show. That’s a harbinger of things to come. What’s the future for the terrestrial radio industry from your vantage point.

Do you see increased or decreased local focus and need for community involvement?

CHER: I think that society wants stuff bigger, smoother and faster. Radio will always be here, but it will have to keep up with technology. As long as there are community issues and problems and a way for media to be impactful in solving them, then I think we have a responsibility to help where we can. I think radio will always be an important medium, but the way it’s being done is very different. As long as radio stays progressive and embraces technology, it will be relevant.

UPW: If Cher Best were not an onair radio personality, what would she likely be doing?

CHER: I’d be doing Marketing/ Promotions at a PR Firm or if I was a millionaire, I’d be volunteering in the non-profit arena.

UPW: Would you ever consider a run at political office? Have you ever been approached to run?

CHER: No, I’m not interested in that at all. One should never say never though. Yes, I have been approached a couple of times. It’s not my passion or what I’m called to do. I find it a little amusing that people keep bringing it up and I am flattered that some think so highly of me.

What I am interested in is making sure that those who are called to do that offer disclosure to their constituents and keep their promises. I am interested in and look for our political champions to champion the causes that are in the best interest of the citizens of the community and not champion causes for personal benefit. That’s pretty much my only interest.

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Paul Simon is usually at odds with many members of the Augusta-Richmond Commission, but with his proposal to have The Patch join forces with the First Tee program, he may score a hole-in-one.

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Free asthma screening March 15 at Children’s Hospital of Georgia

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Asthma affects more than 225,000 children in Georgia.

Children’s Hospital of Georgia will provide free asthma screenings and education from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Kroc Center, 1833 Broad St. The event is funded by a grant from the Kohl’s Cares® program.

“Asthma affects more than 225,000 children in Georgia, and we want to do everything we can to provide education for patients and families,” said Jennifer Anderson, Director of Respiratory Care Services at Children’s Hospital of Georgia. “Our goal is to help patients manage their asthma and prevent adverse events.”

Asthma is a lifelong disease that

targets the lungs, causing wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. Asthma triggers include smoke, mold, pet dander and air pollution. Although there is no cure, most people can control symptoms and prevent asthma attacks by avoiding triggers and correctly using prescribed medicine.

About 75 CSRA children were screened for asthma and provided take-home asthma kits during last year’s asthma event, also funded by Kohl’s Cares.

For more information, contact Anderson at 706-721-3225 or janderson@gru.edu.

Notice of Public Meeting The Board of Trustees of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library will conduct its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 18, 2013, at 4:30 p.m. Location: Headquarter Library (823 Telfair Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901).

Notice of Public Meeting: The Board of Trustees of the East Central Georgia Regional Library will conduct a called meeting on Monday, March 18, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. Location: Headquarter Library (823 Telfair Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901).

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7 UrbanProWeekly • MARCH 14 - 20, 2013 Augusta attorney Alexia Davis (center) stands with her parents during a prayer rally on the steps of the Augusta courthouse. The rally was organized by several local ministers to pray for the dismissal of a charge of “theft of lost or mislaid property”, a charge brought against Davis by the Phoby Vincent Hobbs district attorney, after Davis turned in a diamond ring that she had found in a parking lot.

The weird journey of Alexia Davis

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA If it ever happens, the trial of Alexia Dawn Davis vs. Columbia County will be followed closely, not just by legal minds, but by many average citizens who are wondering what are their legal obligations and rights when they find something in the street that may have been lost.

Supporters of Davis who attended a prayer rally on the steps of the Augusta courthouse hope that a trial never happens. That was their prayer.

The team of attorneys who are defending Davis, herself a public defender, appreciated the prayers, but are getting prepared to go to trial anyway.

Here’s what happened. On February 7, Davis and a companion found a ring in the parking lot of the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Columbia County. About 12 days later, after Davis discovered the identity of the owner of the ring, Jane G. Prater of Thomson, she turned it over to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. After that, a warrant for her arrest was issued by the Columbia County District Attorney Ashley Wright.

The charge – theft of lost or mislaid property. On March 5, Davis, who is 31 years old, surrendered and was jailed at the Columbia County Detention Center She was released on a $2,500 bond shortly after.

Since the attorneys present at the rally were not obliged to discuss their case, the only facts that have surfaced are from media reports and the arrest warrant.

The stakes are high for Davis. The ring was valued at $10,500. Anything over $1500 makes the offense a felony.

If convicted, Davis could be disbarred and lose her ability to practice law.

Even an arrest on a misdemeanor charge could cause problems for an attorney who are considered “officers of the court.”

Those friends, family and colleagues that showed their support for Davis view the arrest as a miscarriage of justice. Davis is very highly thought of in the community.

The clergyman in charge of the event included the Rev. Larry Fryer, Rev. William Harris and Rev. Christopher Johnson. Person after person, including her parents, came forward to vouch for Davis’ character. Some of the comments included: “If anyone knows this young lady, she is above and beyond all reproach. She is one of the model citizens of our community. . . She works her tail off for people who can’t afford representation. She gives them quality representation by killing herself. . . She goes to Goodwill to buy clothes for defendants so they can have a fair day in court.”

Davis is being defended by attorneys Jacque Hawk, Charles Lyons, John Long and Tanya Jeffords. They are representing her at no cost.

To many, this is an open and shut case. Those who want to bury Davis, cite the fact that 12 days had transpired before the ring was returned and it was reported that she had the ring appraised.

Those who want the whole matter dropped, argue that the passage of time is of little consequence as long as Davis did not “appropriate” the ring for her own use and, more importantly, that the ring was returned to its rightful owner.

D.A. Wright, in a surprise move, has recused herself from prosecuting the case, but the fact that she brought charges in the first place has caused a lot of anger, resentment and confusion about just what the law is.

Not surprisingly, those on different sides of the issue have differing interpretations of what the crucial factors may be.

An attorney who also teaches law at a nearby campus told the group that Davis was within her rights to hold on to the ring just as long as it took her to locate the rightful owner.

“There’s no time frame for turning it in. You don’t have to turn it in to anybody except the true owner. Nobody else has a right to it. You can hold onto it until you know who the true owner is. That’s just basic law.”

He went on to say, “I found something just the other day. I’m not going to turn it in because the law says, if I find it, once I possess it, I own it against all the world except the true owner. I

have the item. I have taken reasonable efforts to see if anyone is going to come forward and claim it.

Jeffords has a similar take on things.

“It’s not about guilt or innocence,” she said. “She did not even commit a crime. There was no appropriation of the property as required by the statute.

You lose something, you advertise it, and the person gives it back to you. So how is that a crime?”

According to Columbia County sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris, the owner of the ring reported it missing on Feb. 12. He then published surveillance video from the restaurant in hopes of identifying the person who might have found the ring. That same day, nearly two weeks after the ring was lost, Davis took the ring to Richmond County authorities.

Morris said that by law, when “a person comes into control of property that they know to be lost or mislaid, they must take reasonable measures to restore the property to its owner.”

But that’s not what the law actually says, argues Jeffords. Her reading of the law is as follows: “A person commits the offense of theft of lost or mislaid property when he comes into control of property that he knows or learns to have been lost of mislaid and appropriates the property to his own use without first taking reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner.”

Captain Morris’ reading of the law does not mention the part that says “appropriates the property to his use.”

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WOMAN AT WORK: A Paine College Lady Lions softball player winds up for the pitch during the second game of a doubleheader against ClarkAtlanta University on Saturday (March 9). The Lady Lions were defeated 10-2 in the 5th inning.

Clark-Atlanta also dominated 14-5 in the first game of the double-header.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs.

Paine College softball action

A TOUGH AT BAT: A Paine College Lady Lions softball player makes a swing for the ball during the second game of a double-header against Clark-Atlanta University on Saturday. The Lady Lions were defeated 10-2 in the 5th inning. Clarke-Atlanta also dominated 14-5 in the first game of the double-header. Photo by Vincent Hobbs.

Ted Dunagan wins first Yerby Award AUGUSTA Ted Dunagan, author of Trouble on the Tombigbee, was named the winner of the first ever Yerby award for Fiction. The award was presented on March 1 at an author’s reception at the Main Branch Library.

Ted is also a multiple winner of the Georgia Author of the Year award for YA Fiction.

Ruth Watson, author of Blackberry Days of Summer, was the 2nd place winner and Hawk Mackinney, author of The Lady of Corpsewood Manor, was the 3rd place winner.

The authors were presented their awards by Frank Yerby’s nephew, Gerald Yerby. The committee chair for this year’s Yerby awards was Dr. Marge Stockard.

In addition to receiving a beautiful crystal award, the

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Ted Dunagan authors also received the following cash prizes: 1st Place $300; 2nd Place $150; and 3rd Place: $75.

For further info contact Sherryl James (706) 8212604 or Corey Washington (706) 664-8622.

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Siblings featured in historic ordination This Saint Patrick’s Day will mark a once-in-a-lifetime celebration for Augusta natives Naima Lett, D.Min ABD and Kamau Welcher, M.Div. The close siblings will make history on Sunday, March 17, 2013, in Beulah Grove Baptist Church’s Ordination Service officiated by the Reverend Dr. Sam Davis, Pastor.

“We never dreamed of being the first brother and sister to do this here,” Lett says. “We’re so honored and thrilled.”

Lett and Welcher are the two youngest of four children to Freddie and the late Portia Welcher. They both matriculated as student leaders through John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School from fifth through twelfth grade before landing full academic national scholarships to Howard University and Morehouse College, respectively.

Lett, an award-winning actress and producer, and her husband Kevin started

a bible study in their living room in Beverly Hills with several artists and professionals a year ago. It has grown into the church plant, Hope in the Hills. She has served in ministry for fifteen years, teaching, preaching and performing one-woman plays about Biblical women internationally.

Welcher accepted the call as Pastor of Students and Families at Lake Oconee Community Church in January 2013, after serving four years at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur, GA as Director of the Young Adult Division.

Welcher is finishing his Masters of Divinity at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in 2013, where he also served as Chaplain of Emory University Hospital’s Wesley Wood Center. Greater Atlanta area.

Beulah Grove Baptist Church is located at 1434 Poplar Drive, Augusta, Georgia. Service begins at 10:45 AM.

Correction

Several errors occured in the recent UrbanProWeekly book review (Feb. 28, 2013, page 16. Beautiful Scars by Brian Keith Anderson. The corrections are as such: 1) Anderson’s professional occupational title should be Certified Peer Specialist/ Certified Recovery Educator.

2) He and his brothers were never in foster care. They were homeless several times, but always with their father.

3) Anderson’s mother was never on drugs.

Brian says she loved the party life, but was never on drugs.

Urban Pro Weekly regrets the inconsistencies associated with this story.

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Ron Paul’s filibuster rightly called out U.S. policy on drones

By Eugene Robinson Washington Post Rand Paul was right. There, I said it.

The Republican senator from Kentucky, whom I’ve ridiculed as an archconservative kook – because that’s basically what he is – was right to call attention to the growing use of drone aircraft in “targeted killings” by staging a nearly 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor.

Paul did it the old-fashioned way, by talking and talking until exhaustion or the call of nature compelled him to cease. There are easier ways for a senator to hold up a piece of business – in this case, the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director – and Paul knew that a rare “talking” filibuster would be hard to ignore.

Was he trying to boost his national profile? Was he trying to embarrass President Barack Obama? The answer is probably “yes” on both counts. But I cannot argue with the basic point Paul was making: There must be greater clarity about how and where our government believes it has the authority to use drones as instruments of assassination, especially when U.S. citizens are in the crosshairs.

Paul focused narrowly on the simple question of whether “the president

has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial.”

Paul asked this question in a letter to Brennan. Attorney General Eric Holder wrote the administration’s reply, which was, essentially: Look, this isn’t going to happen.

Holder wrote that “the U.S. government has not carried out drone strikes in the United States and has no intention of doing so. As a policy matter, moreover, we reject the use of military force where well-established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat.”

But Holder added that there might be an “extraordinary circumstance” in which a president would “authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States.”

Paul believed – and I had to agree – that this left the door ajar. Citizens are guaranteed the right to due process by the Fifth and 14th Amendments.

This doesn’t mean that a police officer cannot shoot and kill a gun-wielding criminal who is in the act of robbing a bank. But it does mean that an officer, having learned of a planned bank robbery, cannot protect public safety by pre-emptively assassinating

the suspects.

Imagine that drone technology had existed at the time of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Imagine that the government somehow got wind of Timothy McVeigh’s plans in advance and tracked him to the compound where he and Terry Nichols were building their bomb. Should the president have had the power to order a drone-fired missile strike, killing McVeigh, Nichols and whoever else might be in the vicinity?

Hours after Paul finished his filibuster, Holder finally closed that door. “It has come to my attention,” he wrote Paul, “that you have now asked an additional question: ‘Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?’

The answer to that question is ‘no.’ “ So that’s settled. But the overwhelming majority of drone attacks target foreign nationals in foreign countries, and this is where the moral calculus gets harder.

If U.S. intelligence services learn that certain individuals in, say, Yemen or Somalia are planning a credible terrorist attack against Americans, and also that these individuals will be meeting at a certain place on a certain date, what are the options? Send in the

Navy SEALs? Mount a full-scale invasion? Or send up a drone, verify that the meeting in fact takes place, and blow the plotters to smithereens?

Any president is going to choose the drone. But the situation is rarely so clear-cut. The meeting might be at a house where family members are present. How many bystanders constitute “acceptable” collateral damage?

What if the bystanders are children?

What about neighbors?

Some drone missions, called “signature strikes,” reportedly target people whose identity may not be known but whose behavior bears the “signature” of terrorist involvement. A hypothetical example might be a convoy that appears to be headed toward a suspected training camp for militants.

Perhaps that’s a legitimate target. But it’s not the same as going after specific individuals who are known to be plotting against the United States.

The way we use drones as killing machines has to be consistent with our freedoms and our values. For grabbing us by the lapels, Rand Paul deserves praise. Yikes, I said it again.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com. © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved.

Chavez challenged western oil dominance

By Linda McQuaig Had Hugo Chavez followed the pattern of many Third World leaders and concentrated on siphoning off his nation’s wealth for personal gain, he would have attracted little attention or animosity in the West.

Instead, he did virtually the opposite — redirecting vast sums of national wealth to the swollen ranks of Venezuela’s poor, along with free health care and education. No wonder he alienated local elites, who are used to being first in line at the national trough.

Chavez’s relentless championing of the downtrodden set a standard increasingly followed in Latin America.

It explains his immense popularity with the masses and the widespread grief over his death last week.

Yet in the West, he was portrayed as a tyrant.

He was accused of muzzling the press, although anyone who’s ever turned on a TV in Caracas knows there’s no shortage of Fox News-style media outlets carrying a frothy mix of celebrities, U.S. sitcoms and antiChavez tirades.

He was also accused of being antidemocratic, even though he won elec-

tions which former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his global election monitoring centre have declared “the best in the world.”

Chavez deservedly came under attack in the West — including from Noam Chomsky — for failing to order the release of a judge imprisoned for allowing a corrupt banker to flee Venezuela with millions of dollars.

But it’s striking to note that the West routinely ignores more serious democratic failings on the part of its allies, including torture and execution in full-fledged dictatorships like Saudi Arabia.

What actually appears to have infuriated the western establishment was Chavez’s audacity in challenging — and scoring some victories against — western dominance of the world economy.

One such victory allowed Third World oil-producing nations to gain a bigger share of global oil revenues.

Up until the 1970s, the major western oil companies, known as the Seven Sisters, controlled the world oil market through a cartel established at a secret retreat at Achnacarry Castle in Scotland in 1928. The Achnacarry agreement set out in detail how the companies would maintain their lucra-

tive control of oil markets into the future, setting quotas among themselves, never competing with each other and preventing competitors from getting in on the action.

In the 1970s, oil-producing nations in the Middle East and Venezuela organized and managed to replace the Seven Sisters with their own cartel, OPEC, striking a better deal for themselves and sending oil prices soaring. Some enraged westerners were left wondering, “How did our oil get under their sand?”

But the oil companies, backed by western governments, soon reclaimed their dominance. By the late 1990s, according to Wall Street oil analyst Fadel Gheit, a badly divided OPEC was on its deathbed.

Then miraculously it started to revive. “It was Hugo Chavez,” says Gheit. “He saved OPEC.” Chronicling Chavez’s role in reuniting OPEC brought me to Caracas in 2004, for a book I was writing on the geopolitics of oil. In an interview that stretched beyond two hours, Chavez recounted his personal shuttle mission to OPEC nations in August 2000, infuriating Washington by defying its ban on foreign leaders visiting Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, and then

convening the squabbling nations in Caracas.

Although the oil companies have continued to thrive, OPEC’s revival has ensured a significant share of the world’s oil wealth has gone to Third World producers — including poor nations like Algeria, Nigeria and Venezuela.

U.S. oil analyst Michael Tanzer notes that attempts to organize other Third World producing nations around commodities like coffee and copper have failed, with OPEC serving as the lone inspiring model of how the developing world can unite to challenge Western power.

Chavez championed the rising up of the Third World, and did it with flair and verve — often breaking spontaneously into popular love songs in front of cheering throngs at public gatherings — leaving the dull grey suits in the West all the more resentful.

For those concerned with social justice, Chavez’s passing is a sad milestone. It will surely be a while before we’ll see such a feisty mix of Robin Hood, Che Guevara and Michael Bublé straddling the world stage.

Linda McQuaig is a columnist for the Toronto Star.

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