Reply #41: The problem with what Chavez wants to do....

[LaloBorges]

And for those who are not aware that some of the moves that Chavez have made mirror those that Bush has made most of that we do not approve of. In defense of Chavez, Bush has followed on Chavez ideas, but nonetheless, the same negative effect to the people.

Two points that we can compare with our situation in the US:
1. "Rabber-Stamp" Congress and Senate.
2. Appointed his own judges to the Supreme Court.
3. Use of the treasury to gain influence internationally.

Someone said that Bush was not even elected once, true, but Chavez was elected only once, the second time it was fixed as he bought part of the company that provided the electronic voting machines and although those did have “paper trail”, no one knows where the “paper trail” went to, Carter was never able to see it.

Someone else said that he has not persecuted the opposition, which is not true, he has done that many times, one example is Carlos Fernandez and other labor leaders who were forced to leave the country and had to go in hiding. Also, any military who opposed his ideas has been dismmised (sound familiar?).

Also, Chavez talks about the 2002 coup where no one died and never talks about the one he commanded in 1992 where more than fourteen innocent people were shamelessly executed by Chavez and his group as well as a number of soldiers who died that day.

Doesn’t anyone have any questions about Chavez easy access to the Colombian guerrilla where he constantly offers himself as a mediator? He is able to “negotiate” the release of kidnapped victims by the guerrilla? Why is that?

I would like to know what social progress people on this blog mention so much as Chavez accomplishments, but I have not seen anyone provide specifics; I know a lot of people in Venezuela, and they are not all anti-Chavez, but even the ones who support him seem to be living in hope, but have not seen much from the promises.

If anyone has information on Chavez social accomplishments, please provide the links, I don’t mind being corrected.


Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
-- Lord Acton