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Send in the tanks! (Chavez)

DC said:
i dont know, i will know once i read the reports from the international observers.
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Do you think a free and independent press and judiciary is a requirement for a free and fair election?
 
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trustbutverify said:
Another defeat for capitalism... but another victory for Twoofers and moon landing deniers!
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I hope it isn't lost on people that if it weren't for richer, freer countries, he couldn't sit like Bane atop Gotham City handing out toys to people in front of cameras.

It will catch up. Dictatorships can't pump oil or do other sophisticated stuff without western help, once the seized stuff starts breaking down.
 
DC said:
i dont know, i will know once i read the reports from the international observers.
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You dont need to see that to comment on some issues. What about prior to the election? The use of blanket state TV for Uncle Hugo. The use of airwaves for El Presidente rants.

You think that is fair? What did observers say about that before?

How do you feel about the demise of the oil industry under him. The fact oil output will continue to fall in the next few years and that less than half all oil produced and sold brings no cash to PDVSA. The fact that investors do not want to take the chance with a company who doesnt pay it's bills yet he absolutely needs those investors to get the oil out. Or that fact they import gas from USA and others despite having large gas reserves?

He is destroying the crown jewels
 
Beerina said:
I hope it isn't lost on people that if it weren't for richer, freer countries, he couldn't sit like Bane atop Gotham City handing out toys to people in front of cameras.

It will catch up. Dictatorships can't pump oil or do other sophisticated stuff without western help, once the seized stuff starts breaking down.
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Yes, that's the cogent point and it is lost on most. The demand created by competitive economics is responsible for subsidizing el Douchebaggio's entire project. Personally, I have no problem with the Venezuelan people choosing a nationalized economy; it's entirely understandable considering the recent history of brutal poverty in South America. That Doesn't make Chavez any less of the ridiculous posturing gasbag he is.
 
Read the thread. Venezuela is a borderline dictatorship. When you run against Chavez you're playing poker with a guy who stuffs aces up his sleeve.
 
Virus said:
Read the thread. Venezuela is a borderline dictatorship. When you run against Chavez you're playing poker with a guy who stuffs aces up his sleeve.
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Borderline? After sunday, you can scrap that adjective. Venezuela is now en par with Zimbabwe.
It's really not surprising since both follow the same government policy: run the national economy into the ground through nationalizations, make as many people as possible dependant on state 'aid' for survival, 'win' elections with their help, and let the elite grow fat on a national resource of high value (oil for Venezuela, diamonds for Zimbabwe).

McHrozni
 
A Hall of Shame for Venezuelan Elections Coverage

Keane Bhatt said:
[...] A LexisNexis search for all English-language news containing the terms “Jimmy Carter” and “Venezuela” between September 11, when Carter made those comments, and October 7, returned 45 results. In that same time period, 78 news items mentioning both the terms “Hugo Chavez” and “dictator” appeared. (To be fair, some of the 78 pieces refuted the notion that Chávez is a dictator, but even these articles are a reflection of the pervasiveness of the nonsensical topic.)

This contrast in the media’s priorities is symptomatic of the overwhelmingly disgraceful portrayal of Venezuela’s elections. The Hall of Shame that follows is a sampling of some of the most typical distortions, gratuitous slurs, and incorrect predictions that readers have been exposed to over the past few weeks: [...]
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Ron_Tomkins said:
I don´t know where you´re getting that information from, but regardless, I´m not speaking merely of economic poverty, but mental poverty. Education has a lot to do with it.



If there´s something that can solve its problems it is not a single "thing". It´s not some President with his usual stereotypical slogans for peace and democracy. If anything, the solution would be the result of a long process that pertained the issue of education. The mentality of the common Venezuelan needs to change radically. Perhaps a horrible natural tragedy that almost destroys the country and that brings people together... I don´t know....
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Maybe they could use their oil wealth to pump up their military and embark on democracy building.
 
Venezuela recently had an air force show and one of the planes crashed. Then the rescue helicopter crashed. Officers are promoted according to party loyalty and belief in that "Bolivarian Revolution" crap. Incompetence is the result. Chavez better pray he never has to fight a war.
 
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