Tag Hugo Chavez

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.…

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…

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…