Such lunacies detract from his probably quite accurate observation that the US is using the quake as a pretext to occupy Haiti.
Posts Tagged ‘Hugo Chavez’
Venezuela
It’s not hard to find criticisms of Hugo Chavez in this country. Their socialist experiment, we are told, is doomed for failure. The recent news of Venezuela’s currency devaluation and two-tiered exchange rate have some shrieking failure. Mike Shedlock, on his blog Mish’s Global Economic Analysis, had this to say,
Turn out the lights. The collapse [...]
Hugo Chavez jumps the shark
The President of Venezuela has just praised Robert Mugabe, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and, wait for it, Idi Amin – even if he was a cannibal.
Oh, and Carlos the Jackal too. Can’t forget him. Selfless fighters against imperialism, all of them.
Lordy, what a lunatic blowhard Chavez has turned out to be. Inflation is soaring in Venezuela (something [...]
Chavez gets thuggier
Coming soon to Venezuela: Armed militias answerable only to Chavez
There is no ambiguity on where the militias’ loyalties lie. Not with the Venezuelan state, not with the military, but directly and personally with Chávez.
Early on with Chavez, when I thought Chavez represented something truly new and democratic, a friend who has followed South American politics [...]
Chávez tactical u-turn on socialism
Chavez is abandoning his socialist agenda “for now,” granting amnesty to right-wing coup plotters, replacing left-wingers in his cabinet, and signaling he wants to build alliances with the bourgeoisie.
New Statesman opines the recent defeat of socialism at the Venezuela polls had little to do with socialism and quite a lot to do with Chavistas becoming [...]
