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| Quasimodo | Mar 7 2013, 05:56 PM Post #1 |
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Venezuela has announced that the body of Hugo Chavez will be preserved and put on display. He now joins Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and others, in the cult-like adoration of dead politicians-- measures used to aid their successors in maintaining their grip on power. None of the forementioned "deified" leaders will ever be admitted to have erred (not at least so long as their bodies are still on view); and their words will be chanted (Lenin) and their works studied and their images placed everywhere. Until the regime finally gets tossed out. (And the bodies will slowly rot anyway, until parts of them have to be replaced with wax.) |
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| Quasimodo | Mar 8 2013, 10:12 AM Post #2 |
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The way they all end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FEiOjH0v0oM |
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| Kerri P. | Mar 8 2013, 05:00 PM Post #3 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/wealthy-venezuelans-no-tears-chavez-201603362.html Wealthy Venezuelans: No tears for Chavez By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Associated Press – 1 hr 43 mins ago CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In the tree-lined eastern hills of Caracas, you would never know an elaborate state funeral was in progress across town for the most popular president in Venezuela's recent history. At a park in the La Floresta district on Friday, spandex-clad men and women did group aerobics and jogged, while others sat lounging on benches. No one had any intention of paying their respects to "el comandante." Hugo Chavez polarized Venezuela between the mostly lower classes who followed him almost blindly during his 14 years in power and an opposition that despised what they said was his autocratic bearing, intolerance for dissent and mismanagement of the economy. "This is a big joke," Eduardo Perez, a 44-year-old lawyer, said of the funereal pomp across town. "I feel ridiculous as a Venezuelan." snip.... |
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| Baldo | Mar 8 2013, 05:17 PM Post #4 |
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More than 30 heads of state attend Chavez funeral http://tinyurl.com/ayqh2fw All the great leeches were there worrying about their money from Hugo funds being cut off. And yes Jesse Jackson was there. |
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| Kerri P. | Mar 11 2013, 12:55 PM Post #5 |
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http://www.wral.com/us-expels-2-venezuelan-diplomats/12208066/ US expels 2 Venezuelan diplomats Posted: 12:25 p.m. today Updated: 12:29 p.m. today WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats, U.S. officials said Monday, in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two U.S. military attaches. Washington wants to repair ties with Venezuela after Hugo Chavez's death but has made little headway so far. Shortly before Chavez died last week, Venezuela expelled two U.S. Air Force attaches in Caracas for alleged espionage. The Obama administration waited until after Chavez's funeral on Friday to announce any reciprocal action. The U.S. action comes as Venezuela prepares for an April election to choose a new leader. The U.S. and Venezuela haven't had ambassadors posted in each other's capitals since 2010. Chavez rejected the U.S. nominee at the time, accusing him of making disrespectful remarks about the Venezuelan government. Washington then revoked the visa of Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S. On Saturday, U.S. officials said junior Venezuelan diplomats Orlando Jose Montanez Olivares and Victor Camacaro Mata were ordered to return home. Montanez, an official at the embassy in Washington, and Camacaro, who served in Venezuela's New York consulate, left the United States on Sunday. The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the expulsions. Beyond the diplomatic tit-for-tat, Venezuelan officials have accused the U.S. of being responsible for Chavez's cancer and sought to rally anti-U.S. sentiment ahead of an April election for a new leader. Administration officials declared themselves highly disappointed with Nicolas Maduro, the interim president and Chavez's desired successor, for a news conference he gave last week as the Venezuelan's health worsened. Comparing Chavez to Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, Maduro suggested that Chavez had been poisoned. In recent months, as Chavez's health deteriorated, the administration sounded out Maduro in an attempt to improve relations that became badly strained during Chavez's 14 years in power. Despite some positive feedback from a November telephone call with Roberta Jacobson, the top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, American officials see little possibility of a sudden improvement in relations with Venezuela given its upcoming election. Maduro is running against opposition leader Henrique Capriles. Officially, Washington hasn't taken sides. It has focused its calls on the need for free and fair elections. |
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| Quasimodo | Mar 13 2013, 02:18 PM Post #6 |
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