Posted on 02/12/2005 7:28:32 AM PST by David1
The scumbag is only in office by virtue of Ukrainian-style fraud! Everyone there hates him and cordially wishes him a bullet.
"Was Ortega the one that came in after the revolution? "
Ortega was the one who hijacked the 'revolution' even as we facilitated the departure of Somoza.
Same as when we ousted Battista to aid the Cuban people, Castro hijacked the revolution and turned it into a stalinist nightmare.
Another excellent example. I am sure there are others still to come.
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"We need to rethink high speed rail along the eastern corridor and other options that will eventually lessen our dependence on oil."
What do you mean by "we"? Most of the time "we" means the government spending funds extorted from us for unviable enterprises that eat up ever more extorted money. Does the word "Amtrak" mean anything to you?
Do you have any links for this?
The reason I made my post is that I understand that Chavez has had more social programs than the opposition. In fact when the coup took place virtually all his social programs were immediately shut down. The schools, the medicals centres, the free food for children in the schools.
I would be interested in seeing some facts and statistics about Venezeula if you have any.
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