An army out of an "operetta", a megalomaniac out of control.In the last month Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has: (1), invited Sudanese President Omar Ali al-Bashir to Venezuela, in protest against the warrant of arrest issued against this genocidal leader by the International Court of Justice; (2), ordered main political opposition leaders Manuel Rosales and Raul Baduel to prison for “corruption”, although no specific charges exist against them; (3), ordered the judicial system under his control to give 30 years prison sentences to the 3 Caracas Commissars and 11 Policemen that acted during the April 11, 2002 events that ended up with his brief ousting, accusing them of murder when the real culprits of the murders, the snipers following his orders, have never been put to trial; (4), created a joint Iran-Venezuela bank to finance the anti-U.S. programs agreed by the two regimes; (5), called U.S. President Obama “an ignorant”; (6), accused Chile’s President Bachelet of promoting disunity in Latin America for having met in Santiago with a group of democratic Latin American leaders, U.S. Vice President Biden and U.K.’s Prime Minister Brown, with the exclusion of Chavez; (7), ordered, through his Minister of “Culture” that “capitalist” movies should no longer be shown in Venezuelan movie theaters, but only “revolutionary films” and, (8), has let his bureaucrats engage in a Fahrenheit 451-like rampage, burning thousands of books written by beloved Venezuelan novelist Romulo Gallegos, eliminating them from public libraries.
During this month Chavez has become a runaway megalomaniac. He is obsessed with notoriety and power and seems capable of doing whatever it takes to increase both. His actions continue to be treated with silence within the organization of American States and by the U.S. State Department and have been made possible by the moral cowardice of the Venezuelan armed forces and of much of society. One of these days the hemispheric community of nations could be facing a very disagreeable surprise, a military or political crisis, generated by a mind that has become rapidly reckless and unstable.
Your list is creepy, to say the list. Although it's difficult to understand the melange of "progressive" leaders called by Bachelet, it's ironic that Chávez accuses her of disuniting LA, when he has been the greatest disuniter ever... What I can see is that HGF can't stand not being in the limelight and that will be his ultimate tomb. Or so we hope... People are more worried with other problems than with narcissist-lenilist commander-in-chief. He wants to call the world's attention no matter what, stepping over those that don't think alike him. The silence of "progressive" leaders is louder than words. Maybe it's a tactic, but it really makes us angry...
ResponderEliminarYour commenta are to the point. Bachelet just wanted to emphasize that there is a democratic left, as opposed to an non-democratic left that should be taking over the leadership in the hemisphere. By excluding Chavez, morales, etc, she upset Chavez who, as you say, cannot stand being excluded but aldo because his exclusion puts him aside as a political pariah.
ResponderEliminarIt is typical of Chavez to become associated with criminals, drug dealers and dictators, so his connection with Sudanese President Omar Ali al-Bashir isn’t a surprise. What is really outrageous is for him to accused Chile’s President Bachelet of promoting disunity in Latin America. Hugo Chavez has created an unprecedented division between the Venezuelan people and between the Latin American countries, while maintaining a tight grip on his desire to rule Venezuela for ever.
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