Posted on 01/11/2005 7:49:50 PM PST by Kitten Festival
One: Convince the have nots that the haves are evil. Two: Decry the evils of foreigners. Three: Manipulate an election. Four: Nationalize all media sources.
And the fifth stage: Expropriations.
Looks like fidel castro's dream has finally been realized. He has managed to export his revolution.
Hugo Chavez has gone by the book in beginning the end of Venezuela. Although I must confess that I have not followed the events in that country meticulously - I haven't been able to stomach the destruction of another country by way of Cuba's example - Venezuela is slowly sinking down the hell hole of communism.
Scott wrote about Venezuelan bloggers being harrassed and quite possibly encarcerated through recently enacted laws making dissent and criticism of the government and Chavez illegal.
Just yesterday I received this link from A. M. Mora y Leon of the American Thinker.
Chavez orders Venezuela land title revision.
(Excerpt) Read more at babalublog.com ...
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