[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, April 27, 2002

Quote of the Day by Poohbah 4/27/02

[JohnHuang2]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Venezuelans take cover during clashes in Caracas April 11, 2002. At least 10 people were killed and more than 80 injured as shooting broke out during a massive street protest by opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. REUTERS/Chico Sanchez

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The two men considered themselves regulars on this country's turbulent protest circuit. The elder Mr. Caro, a union leader at an appliance manufacturing company, had helped lead numerous labor strikes. But the call of April 11, the younger Mr. Caro said, felt more urgent.

Hugo Chavez is arming these Chavistas and feeding them hate with his rhetoric. He calls on leaders of his Bolivarian Circles to rally these thugs. He's using them to intimidate his opponents in order to sieze power. Chavistas Still Committed - While Chavez Accumulates Power*** "They (the opposition) don't like Chavez because he's black, he's Indian, and they're white and beautiful," said Hugo Salvador, a 60-year-old advertising employee. He stood amid a jostling crowd of fellow "Bolivarian Circle" members who shouted, "We're the poor, the ones who have always been kicked around."***

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The family of Mr. Tortoza, the newspaper photographer, has begun its own investigation. Seated around their coffee table, the photographer's siblings and cousins pore through newspaper clippings of the events of April 11, seeking to reconstruct the sequence of the shootings. - Photos of Mr. Tortoza

Alexis Bordones Sotelo-- I wonder if he was one of the oil exec. Hugo "retired." - April 7, 2002 - Venezuela Leader Gets Tough on State Oil Executives *** CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sacked seven dissident state oil executives Sunday in a steely response to a labor protest that some industry sources said was disrupting operations by the world's No. 4 petroleum exporter.***

[livius]

Their instinct tells them that the violence was orchestrated by powerful political interests...

Uh, the latter would be - Chavez. But in the little world of the NY Times, "powerful political interests" can only be the nefarious right wing.

Poor things, they just can't come out and admit the truth, which is that Communism kills. Even (or especially) "Bolivarian" Communism.

[Dinsdale]

Someone was throwing matches at a pool of gasoline.

Who would have benefited if a full on civil war had started?

Perhaps other oil producing nations...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping. Simple, one side lies like a rat, the other doesn't. From Arafat/Hussein, to Muslim militants in Sudan and Indonesia, to the EU/UN socialists, to American leftists....they have all shown a consistent and widespread aversion to the truth.

[MattinNJ]

Hopefully a Pinochet or a Franco will rise. Unfortunately, it looks like they had their chance and blew it.