And civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and Congressman Dennis Kucinich have signed an open letter of support to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who faces a recall vote on Sunday. The letter reads in part “We are disturbed by our own government’s interference in your internal affairs. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a group funded by the U.S. Congress, has financed radical opposition leaders in their efforts to cut short your term. Some of the individuals funded by the NED participated in the April 2002 coup attempt against you.” Other signers of the letter include Historian Howard Zinn, journalist Naomi Klein and Blase Bonpane.