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In reply to the discussion: Chavez will not be sworn in on inauguration day [View all]quadrature
(2,049 posts)8. the US has laws for the incapacity...
of a president.
other countries, not so much.
how many countries would tolerate
their president running off and
pretending to be alive?
in the old days, Hugo would have been
couped a long time ago.
we don't know if Hugo is alive or not.
it is entirely possible that
'Hugo, Incorporated' is simply waiting for
the best time to announce HC's retirement
or death.
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Trying to cling to the primative, power-mad, murderous, greedy, racist imperialism
Judi Lynn
Jan 2013
#17
It's awful seeing you, explaining Venezuelan history to the other one.Not even close.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2013
#27
way to edit Wikipedia entry -how about this one re: Chavez causing 120,000 TONS of meat to rot?
wordpix
Jan 2013
#29
when you stack your Supreme Court with your own people & do "other" to win elections & get your
wordpix
Jan 2013
#30
If FDR has lived through HIS fourth term, he'd have served for 16 years, and might have won in '48
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#34
oh, only Judi Lynn has a valid opinion, I'll be sure to pass all your posts by now
wordpix
Jan 2013
#31
Why are you so obsessed with removing the party the Venezuelan people JUST elected from office?
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#7
The oligarchs want to return Venezuela's oil profits to a small group of elites,
Judi Lynn
Jan 2013
#38
Some of the comments we see here come show the inability of even some "liberal" Americans
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#39