Thread: Venezuelan leader: 'Capitalism needs to go down'

Originally Posted by atprm

LOL

You better run faster......

Originally Posted by mikej

Actually, Hugo Chavez does not have the power to affect your children or your grandchildren's futures. I never said that he loved America. Mr Chavez is not a fan at all.

Cute. I was referring to Obama. But I think you knew that.

Originally Posted by ahippiechic

You better run faster......

you mean you didn't like the smurf I found???

He had wings and was flying! He even had a joint between his lips!!

I thought for sure that would make you change your mind about them -- they are cool little dudes!!


*off to find that picture*

*Off to ban Lorrie*.......

*but I love you*

Venezuela denies Chavez in critical condition
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CARACAS (AFP) – The Venezuelan government rejected reports Sunday that President Hugo Chavez is in critical condition following emergency surgery in Cuba, insisting the firebrand leftist leader was "recovering well."

Chavez's government said he had an operation for a pelvic abscess on June 10 and continues to mend.

"He is recovering," Information Minister Andres Izarra told AFP in the wake of a report by Miami's El Nuevo Herald citing unnamed US intelligence sources as saying the 56-year-old "is in critical condition -- not on the brink of death, but critical indeed."

The newspaper also said the sources refused to comment on rumors in Venezuela that Chavez could be receiving treatment for prostate cancer.

The Venezuelan government has not addressed details of Chavez's condition, and angry opposition lawmakers in Caracas say it is unconstitutional for the president to be governing from abroad.

But several top Venezuelan figures have dismissed the reports.

The president of the National Assembly, Fernando Soto Rojas, denied the cancer rumors, saying he was confident Chavez would be back on July 5. "You'll see, we'll have him back here in Venezuela at full strength in just a few days," he said.

Sunday masses were celebrated across the country, along with indigenous rituals that wished the president a good recovery. "Chavez will be around for a long time," Vice President Elias Jaua told reporters.

The president's brother, meanwhile, has told Venezuelan state media that Chavez could return to Caracas in about two weeks.

Speaking from Chavez's home region of Barinas in the west, his mother Elena Frias also said she prayed for a speedy recovery. "Blessings for my beloved son. May the power of my blessed God heal him and bring him home to me quickly," she said.

And Izarra urged his Twitter followers to not repeat rumors, saying Chavez "is recovering well from his operation."

The Venezuelan president's enemies "should stop dreaming, and his friends should stop being nervous," senior diplomat Temir Porras tweeted.

Chavez himself fired off a brief Twitter message saying that his daughter and three grandchildren had arrived in Cuba to visit him.

The uncharacteristic silence from someone known for his verbal omnipresence left some foes speculating that Chavez might have had plastic surgery, or might want to drum up sympathy for his illness ahead of a 2012 election in which he will seek a third term.

He had been rushed into emergency surgery during a scheduled visit to Cuba after suffering sharp pain diagnosed as a pelvic abscess that required immediate surgery.

Chavez is Communist Cuba's main economic and political ally. His cut-rate oil keeps the cash-strapped and isolated Raul Castro regime afloat.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/venezuelapoliticscubachavez

Hugo Chavez: If I were American I’d vote for Obama!
By Doug Powers • October 1, 2012 08:38 AM

Hugo Chavez had previously tipped his hand as to his preference in the upcoming U.S. election http://michellemalkin.com/2012/07/23/hugo-chavez-2/ and over the weekend he solidified his endorsement: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...88T0FE20120930

With both presidents facing tight re-election fights, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave a surprise endorsement to Barack Obama on Sunday – and said the U.S. leader no doubt felt the same.

“I hope this doesn’t harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I’d vote for Obama,” the socialist Chavez said of a man he first reached out to in 2009 but to whom he has since generally been insulting.

Chavez is running for a new six-year term against opposition challenger Henrique Capriles, while Obama seeks re-election in November against Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Venezuela’s election is next weekend.
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“After our triumph and the supposed, probable triumph of President Obama, with the extreme right defeated here and there, I hope we could start a new period of normal relations with the United States,” he said.

In 2009, Chavez was thrilled that his brand of socialism had begun to take hold in the United States http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hugo...us-under-obama so this endorsement is a no-brainer. And on the off chance Sean Penn was among those who are somehow still undecided, this should be enough to push him firmly Forward™. http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/23...aga-continues/

**Written by Doug Powers http://michellemalkin.com/2012/10/01/chavez-obama/

Chavez Death Watch: wild ride gets wilder
By Carlos Eire, on March 5, 2013, at 9:05 am

This rollercoaster seems to be going out of control and could soon jump the rails. Hang on.

The Associated Press, the BBC, and other major news outlets are focusing on the latest official pronouncements from government functionaries in Caracastan: Hugo Chavez has developed yet another lung infection and is being treated for that. The infection is described as "severe" and his condition is now officially confirmed as "very delicate." The Chavistas still insist that their Caudillo is being treated at a military hospital in Caracas, and that he is undergoing chemotherapy and other "complimentary" treatments. Given the fact that the unsteady leadership in Caracastan prefers to remain tight-lipped about Chavez's condition, this dire report may be a clear sign that the end is very near for the ailing dictator, and that the public is being prepared for the inevitable.

Communication Minister for Caracastan, Ernesto VillegasVillegas is quoted as saying that Chavez was “standing by Christ and life conscious of the difficulties he faces.”

Villegas also took the opportunity to lash out at “the corrupt Venezuelan right” for what he called a psychological war seeking “scenarios of violence as a pretext for foreign intervention.”

He called on Chavez’s supporters, who include thousands of well-armed militiamen, to be “on a war footing.”

Spain's ABC, as usual, claims to have much more dramatic inside information: according to their sources, Hugo Chavez has been flown back to Castrogonia in an air ambulance, due to his worsening condition and the need for sophisticated medical equipment that was not available on the island of La Orchila, where he had been secretly stashed away since last week. ABC also continues to insist that a very large fast-growing tumor has been found in one of his lungs.

One change in ABC's reporting surfaced today, however. Whereas ABC had previously reported that Chavez was so close to the end that he was only receiving palliative care, today's report suggests that doctors are frantically trying to prolong his life as much as possible due to infighting among Chavista factions in Caracastan. Apparently, the followers of Nicolas "Saddamito" Maduro (vice-president and appointed heir) and Diosdado Cabello (president of the National Assembly) -- and Raul Castro's minions in Havana -- are engaged in a fierce struggle for ultimate control, and are all eager to prolong the constitutional limbo created by Chavez's invisibility.

In other words, the top Chavistas and the Castronoids are playing musical chairs. As long as Chavez is breathing, or as long as they can pretend that he is still breathing, the music continues to play and each competitor has more time to consolidate power. As soon as the dictator's death is announced, the music stops and the scramble for the chair -- or throne -- begins in earnest, and there can only be one winner.

Hoo boy.....

ABC report HERE, in Spanish http://www.abc.es/internacional/2013...303042057.html

Associated Press report HERE. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...76f_story.html

..... and the BBC report HERE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21665289


http://babalublog.com/2013/03/05/cha...e-gets-wilder/

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dead at 58


Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:03 PM

Updated today at 4:03 PM






Associated Press


CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Vice President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58.

The populist leader of oil-rich Venezuela became Latin America's most vocal and controversial leader and was Washington's chief antagonist in the region.


http://www.wwltv.com/news/AP-Venezue...195416471.html

Dueling headlines, ‘Hugo Chavez helped the poor’ edition
By Doug Powers • March 16, 2013 01:07 PM

Exhibit A, a headline from shortly after the announcement of the death of Hugo Chavez: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2...itive-Legacies



That was around the time NY Rep. Serrano tweeted http://twitchy.com/2013/03/05/foul-r...the-powerless/ that Chavez was “committed to empowering the powerless.”

Based on what Carter and Serrano said, you’d think that Chavez created a socialist utopia where poverty had been virtually eliminated, Sean Penn spent his days in Caracas handing out free “I-heart-Hugo” candies and the worst human rights offense that ever occurred in the country was a mandatory national viewing of I Am Sam.

Which brings us to Exhibit B: Yesterday’s headline from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...399_story.html



But in an empowered sorta way!

From the story about the leader who was praised as empowering the poor: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...399_story.html

This tense, relentlessly gray capital embodies many of Venezuela’s problems, with crumbling apartment towers and food lines often sharing the same sidewalk with cheering crowds eager to greet their departed Comandante. “More than anything, the government continues fighting with everyone, and does everything badly,” said Francisco Olivero, a 54-year-old carpenter who lives with his wife and five children in the poor neighborhood of Catia, just blocks from the funeral route.

Like many Venezuelans, Olivero said wartime-levels of street violence all over the city were his top worry. “They kill people here every day,” he said. “I’ve lost friends, relatives.”

When Serrano, Carter and others praise Chavez for allegedly empowering the impoverished, their admiration probably isn’t based on Hugo’s success in helping the poor improve their economic station, but rather his ability to successfully convince so many of them not to blame him for it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...399_story.html

“You can’t find anything,” said 27-year-old lawyer Anglys Bericote, who rode a bus for four hours from the town of Cajigal to view the funeral cortege. Wearing a heart-shaped “I am Chavez” pin, she said she was taking the opportunity to also stock up on basic goods. People in her town have even had to go without toothpaste and toilet paper, she said. “It’s all the plan of the private businesses,” she said, repeating the government’s line of attack. “They want to hold onto everything so that it riles up people.”

**Written by Doug Powers http://michellemalkin.com/2013/03/16...s-hugo-chavez/

comments

It’s all relative. When you start with a country that had a 30% poverty rate and then redistribute wealth thus driving most of it out of the country, then everyone is poor so the original poor feel empowered.

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So I guess their “private sector is doing fine” as well. That’s nice...

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The kind of praise he is getting from morons sounds familiar. It is the same stupid stuff coming from the MSM about Obama. And I don’t consider Obama any better than Chavez! The US is turning into one big Detroit right before our eyes.