CARACAS, Venezuela — Invoking Christ and Castro as his socialist models, President Hugo Chavez began his third term Wednesday by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the only way forward for Venezuela and the world.
Posted on 01/10/2007 2:44:41 PM PST by Lucky9teen
CARACAS, Venezuela — Invoking Christ and Castro as his socialist models, President Hugo Chavez began his third term Wednesday by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the only way forward for Venezuela and the world.
His first stop: Nicaragua, where leftist ally Daniel Ortega was returning to power with his own inauguration hours later. Chavez can now count on remaining president until 2013 — or later if he gets his way with a constitutional amendment allowing him to run again.
At the apex of a resurgent Latin American left, Chavez has been emboldened to make more radical changes at home after winning re-election with 63 percent of the vote, his widest margin ever.
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Give me (lack of) liberty or give me death?
When Big Brother wipes a brow, we all wipe our brows.
What? He left out Schwarzenegger!
Tough choice... socialism or death. Don't know which I'd take.
To the Liberals this guy is a hero. Hey America wants Democrats in charge.. Hugo is nothing more then Ted Kennedy on Crack.
Is there any difference?
May he meet Che one day soon. Fidel might already be waiting.
There were an unusually large number of seagulls overhead the day of the ceremony.
" I hope this speech gets me a date with Cindy Sheehan like is its Valdez.."
" I hope this speech gets me a date with Cindy Sheehan like it did for Valdez.."
El Supremo, from the movie "Captain Horatio Hornblower".
Whew, that sulfur sure do burn the eyes, don't it?
Chavez Pledges 'Socialism or Death' from the "Brotherhood of Death" society.
Another left-wing dictatorship in the making, but don't forget the liberal mantra, fear the right, fear the right.
Latin America spent the last twenty year or so getting more Democratic. Now it seems as if the Latino people have drunk the coolaid and are heading back into the revolutionary cesspools.
Going to be a lot of poverty and suffering before the cycle turns again. I don't know what it is about Latin America. Individually, they seem like nice folks, but they can't seem to govern themselves. This cr*p has been going on for the past couple of hundred years.
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