Posted on 09/04/2009 2:53:46 PM PDT by La Lydia
BOGOTA -- Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez held protests Friday against the leftist leader in cities across Latin America, in an effort coordinated through Twitter, Facebook and a Web site titled "No More Chavez!" They grasped banners and signs with images of Chavez in a straitjacket and wearing a red clown nose. "Chavez, the shame of Bolivia," read a banner in the Bolivian capital of La Paz. Police in Colombia estimated more than 5,000 marched in Bogota waving flags. Thousands also took to the streets in the capitals of Venezuela and Honduras. Some said they were protesting what they called Chavez's growing authoritarianism, while others said he should stop meddling in other countries' affairs....
Chavez - who was traveling in Syria - ridiculed the protests on Thursday, likening Micheletti to a gorilla and saying: "Those who want to march, march with 'gorill-etti,' the dictators, the extreme right."...
Turnout for the global anti-Chavez protest was far from massive in many cities. Crowds ranging from a dozen to 200 people gathered in New York, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Panama City and the capitals of Argentina and Ecuador...
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Nuff said
Its funny how Micheletti, who is a member of Zelaya’s party, has suddenly become “extreme right” because he opposes a Chavist takeover of his country.
And on a sad note, its sad that Chavez, who is defacto FARC commander, now has a soulmate in the White House.
Not only is Honduras now surrounded and outnumbered, so is Colombia.
Its like watching a slow-motion train wreck. The only thing that keeps me optimistic is the certainty that whatever we see, God also gets a vote.
One for you.
ping
FReepmail me to be added to or removed from Honduras ping list.
Looking for pics.
Don’t monkey with Honduras
Wish He'd cast it.
Great pix. The first sign misspells “payaso” (clown)! But it gets the “Castro’s puppet” part right.
I noticed that, too, but it looks like it was deliberate. “Pallazo” was in quotation marks on the sign. Is it a reference to Chavez perhaps being not very literate? I heard that this was common amongst Soviet leaders, and it wouldn’t be surprising in Chavez.
2 of those pics are from here.
I was announcing these marches yesterday. did anyone attended?
I did.
2 of those pics are from here.
I was announcing these marches yesterday. did anyone attended?
I did.
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