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Hugo Chavez hoists rocket launcher while stirring class hate
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| November 26, 2001
| REUTERS/Ho/Miraflores
Posted on 11/27/2001 10:42:40 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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Tuesday, November 20, 2001:
Chavez Land Reform Program Brings Worries of Violence--``We're not going to let them take our land,'' says Genaro Méndez, president of the Tachira State Cattle Ranchers Association near the Colombian border. ``I don't know where we're heading with this, but there are people ready to defend their land with their lives and spill blood.''
The law, adopted without congressional debate under Chávez's year-long legislative fast-track powers that expired Tuesday, stops far short of the mass expropriations of the Cuban or Mexican revolutions. But for many Venezuelans, it's close enough.
Tuesday, November 20, 2001: Venezuela Chavez Says Won't Be Blackmailed by Strike--``They are not going to blackmail me, I will not be pushed around by anyone,'' Chavez said. ``I am very clear in my mind about the part I must play in the national history now.''
Fedecamaras, which says it groups some 80 percent of Venezuela's 10 million strong workforce, will put the strike proposal to its general assembly on Nov. 28.
November 22, 2001:Demonstrators clash in Venezuelan riots--Venezuela's largest opposition party, the centrist Democratic Action, convened the march to protest the left-leaning Chavez's use of special legislative powers to decree far-reaching economic reforms without consultation.
"Our principal weapon is our right to demonstrate against this pitiful situation which is dragging Venezuela through the dirt, humiliated and discredited not only at home but abroad as well," said Democratic Action politician Henry Ramos.
The march quickly deteriorated into chaos as supporters of Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement or MVR tried to block its passage toward Congress. Stores closed as tear gas filled the streets, and the metropolitan police, controlled by opposition Mayor Alfredo Pena, fired on the government loyalists.
Chavez's march toward dictatorial rule
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Hugo Chavez hoists rocket launcherIs Venezuela going to have a Moon program too? :-)
To: Cincinatus
Ha ha ha.....He's going to hitch a ride with the Chinese!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
so did chavez say to the businessmen: "you're with us or with the terrorists"?
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posted on
11/27/2001 11:02:23 AM PST
by
gfactor
To: gfactor
I think he said, you're in my sights if you get in my way!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I just love it when leftists, like college professors, say things like: communism has "never been done right", or Marx was misunderstood, interpretation of Engles was wrong, etc.. Communsim has been tried so many times and it has resulted in absolute disaster EVERY EFFIN TIME! Not one, not a single state, that has gone communist has gone untouched by genocide or economic disaster. I guess Venezuela is about to find out the hard way.
OTOH, the last two Republican presidents before George W. Bush were the first to actually make more countries go democratic than fall to communism since WWII.
To: KC_Conspirator
Hugo Chavez: Headed for the ash heap of history, Latin style.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Now, does FR policy prohibit incitement of violence towards evil communist swine? If not, I'll pony up about 50 bucks to the "Mercs for Freedom Fund."
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posted on
11/27/2001 11:15:26 AM PST
by
Skywalk
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Message to Venezuelan businessmen: "Bail!"
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posted on
11/27/2001 11:18:27 AM PST
by
billybudd
To: KC_Conspirator
Not one, not a single state, that has gone communist has gone untouched by genocide or economic disaster. I guess Venezuela is about to find out the hard way. How big was Nicaragua's genocide and economic disaster? and how much of it was paid for by the US?
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posted on
11/27/2001 11:18:39 AM PST
by
gfactor
To: Cincinatus' Wife
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b5e89e02893.htm
Another thread. Maybe it's time to send him a message.
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posted on
11/27/2001 11:36:07 AM PST
by
hchutch
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a rocket launcher Venezuelan Chief Dog Catcher holds a recoiless rifle (looks like Carl Gustav 84mm)
The work of a lonely little man with too much time on his hands and a disturbing fascination with weaponry is never done...
To: KC_Conspirator
I just love it when leftists, like college professors, say things like: communism has "never been done right", or Marx was misunderstood, interpretation of Engles was wrong, etc.. Communsim has been tried so many times and it has resulted in absolute disaster EVERY EFFIN TIME! Not one, not a single state, that has gone communist has gone untouched by genocide or economic disaster. I guess Venezuela is about to find out the hard way. Well said!
To: billybudd
Not only is capital fleeing, the people are too.
To: gfactor
Paid for by the US? Well, like any other communist country the joke was that its was alright not to have any money because there was nothing to buy in the stores.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Quick, somebody get this guy a designer label before he does any harm!
Doesn't it seem like Castro or Saddam should have been given fashion houses to make their provocative sartorial statements, rather than having to take over countries?
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11/27/2001 12:00:40 PM PST
by
x
To: x
To: hchutch
He certainly is sending a message.
To: fourdeuce82d
The work of a lonely little man with too much time on his hands and a disturbing fascination with weaponry is never done...Actually he's been very busy sucking up to every anti-American he can lay his hands on. In between those visits at home and abroad, he has packed the judiciary, re-written the education curriculum, taken over cultural affairs, put controls on gun purchases and started confiscating land........Go to the LINK above to follow his dictatorial rise.
To: KC_Conspirator
Paid for by the US? You realize that I'm referring to the military, diplomatic and economic war waged by the US against the sandinistas.
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posted on
11/27/2001 12:17:47 PM PST
by
gfactor
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