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At U.N., Venezuela's Chavez smells hope, not sulfur

World Sep. 25, 2009 - 06:48AM JST ( 19 )

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4thEstateDotComSep. 25, 2009 - 12:21PM JST

Hope is what he smells after silencing the free press in Venezuela?
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MolenirSep. 25, 2009 - 12:33PM JST

Dictator for life Chavez is such a joke. Head to venezulua, you'll smell the sulfur right away. Can't miss it.
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WeaselSep. 25, 2009 - 12:36PM JST

you'll smell the sulfur right away...

Not sure if it's sulfur, but it is quite rancid nonetheless.
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rajakumarSep. 25, 2009 - 04:52PM JST

Chavez is king from Venezuela land , human land of the free and free from the demons/sulphur.

Thank god ,Chavez's venom is less in 2009 at UN. He should improve public relations with UN/all nations with more travel.
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bushloverSep. 25, 2009 - 08:48PM JST

Let him go to the most Useless Nations organization on the face of the Earth. Good luck with anything the UN may decide whether for or against you. They are as powerless as you are credible Chavy Chase.
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LIBERTASSep. 25, 2009 - 08:48PM JST

Actually, Hugo C. has become a lot more scary and a lot less funny than last time around. Anyone who bullies a nation into being Prez for life needs removal by those same people asap. Absolute power corrupts absolutely!
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SuperLibSep. 25, 2009 - 10:23PM JST

He didn't order troops to take over the UN while he was there, did he?
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skipthesongSep. 25, 2009 - 11:26PM JST

Of course he smells hope. He hears the FCC czar praising his taking over the media. He hears about the gag orders He hears about how tax money paid by the better-do'er paying for fish while shutting off water to farmers. He hears and watches youtube how kids are being taught to love "dear leader". He watches videos how tax money is just thrown out and given to pimps to bring in under age girls illegally.

Yeah, he smells hope.
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RomeoRamenIISep. 25, 2009 - 11:51PM JST

Another ringing endorsement of 0bama from a murdering terrorist dictator. Heh, 0bama does have the ability to attract global tyrants and nut jobs.
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usaexpatSep. 25, 2009 - 11:55PM JST

If good old Hugo is on board with Obama then you should be very worried.
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skipthesongSep. 25, 2009 - 11:57PM JST

Its funny, that those like Chevy who want to spread the wealth, like Nancy, also seem to live such large lives.
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SargeSep. 25, 2009 - 11:57PM JST

"He denounced capitalism"

He's an idiot.
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skipthesongSep. 26, 2009 - 12:23AM JST

"He denounced capitalism"

He's an idiot.

No, he's smart. Those who implement communism/socialism always live in the big house and eat well...
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yabitsSep. 26, 2009 - 01:01AM JST

“What would it be like in Latin America today if the Americans had not imposed their model with firepower and blood,”

Of course, he might be referring to the thousands upon thousands killed by American-backed dictators in Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc.

In a recent interview, a question was asked of Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa. The nature of the question and the response reveals something that, unfortunately, too few Americans are aware of:

Q: You recently threw out a U.S. diplomat, Armando Astorga, calling him "insolent and foolish" and saying he treated Ecuador "like a colony."

Correa: "The U.S. Embassy kept funding certain police and intelligence units. Well, this itself is sufficiently serious. But it wasn't even unconditional assistance. Rather, they would choose the directors of those police units. They had them take lie-detector tests at the U.S. Embassy. So those units answered more to the U.S. Embassy than to the Ecuadorian state.

"And we, in the exercise of our sovereignty, wanted to change the directors of one of those units. Mr. Astorga, in a totally arrogant manner, sent a letter syaing that we need to give back everything that the United States has given us -- computers, automobiles, and so on. Well, they should take it all back then. But Mr. Astorga would also have to leave the country because we are no one's colony."

So it would appear that the price for U.S. "generosity" to other nations is for them to accept terms that would be completely unacceptable to Americans.
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HehehohohahaSep. 26, 2009 - 06:25AM JST

Oh yabits why did you have to go and lift the veil to Americans who think all they do is good in the world? It's much more fun at using an idiot prince like Chavez as a pineta to bash than to acknowledge the non-democratic crap America pulls in Latin and South America.
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skipthesongSep. 26, 2009 - 11:41AM JST

Of course, he might be referring to the thousands upon thousands killed by American-backed dictators in Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc." Yeah, and he simply forgets the thousands killed by communist back dictators. Why do you ignore such history?

non-democratic crap America pulls in Latin and South America." obviously, you're not Hispanic!
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MolenirSep. 26, 2009 - 01:16PM JST

Silly Yabits, tricks are for kids!

Seriously, referring back to the cold war when the US was desperately trying to keep communism out of its back yard, is pretty low. Back then, the focus was on fighting wars between surrogates. Iran backed by Russia, Iraq backed by the US. Everyone holding their nose and being polite to these facist dictators, kept in power by the US, and occasionally being toppled by the KGB, or vice versa.

Cold war is over Yabits. Only way to really judge things is how the US has acted since then. Personally, I think they've shown a great deal of restraint. They've allowed Dictator for Life Chavez to seize and hold power, they've allowed Evo to do the same in Bolivia, Ecuador is following suit. Only worthwhile country down there is Columbia, and thats stretching the definition of worthwhile.
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HehehohohahaSep. 26, 2009 - 09:51PM JST

Nice moral relativism Molenir. Put all the crap that America and the former USSR did in S.A and elsewhere in a bag, bury it and pretend it didn't happen.
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MolenirSep. 28, 2009 - 11:50AM JST

Nice moral relativism Molenir. Put all the crap that America and the former USSR did in S.A and elsewhere in a bag, bury it and pretend it didn't happen.

Yep, its true. Rather like the allies bombing the crap out of German civilians during WW2. It was wrong, but exigencies of the war an all that. What you do, or are forced to do during a war is much different then what is acceptable outside of it. The Cold War was no different. While US and Russian troops weren't actively fighting each other, they fought using surrogates, both directly and indirectly. That the US had to hold their nose and deal with people like Sadaam and Noriega is not something anyone is happy about. But there were no alternatives at the time. The cold war however is over, the US has to be judged, not by what they did during a time of war, but rather what they've done since the end of the cold war, and what they're doing now. Are they still dealing with the dictators, and if so how?