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Tag Archives: Hugo Chavez
Going John Galt… quietly.
The idea of “Going John Galt” makes me a little bit uncomfortable, to tell the truth. John Galt essentially said screw them all, and shut down knowing that a whole lot of people would be hurt. It was about the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Hugo Chavez, Libertarianism, Synova's Page
Tagged Ayn Rand, economy, Hugo Chavez, John Galt, Robert Mugabe, social justice, strike, taxation
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Chavez Expels the US Ambassador
In solidarity with fellow Marxist anachronism Evo Morales in Bolivia, Hugo Chavez has ordered the US Ambassador out of Venezuela for being an agent of the “imperial aggressor, the genocidal U.S. empire.” He has also recalled the Venezuelan ambassador to … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez, Bolivia, Hugo Chavez, marxism, Morales, Philip Goldberg, Venezuela
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How Supermarkets Can End Poverty
Namibian supermarket selection (photo: Olivier Peyre) One of great inequities in the modern world is that in relative terms, food in poor and starving countries often costs far more than in the wealthy developed world. That’s because industrial countries tend … Continue reading
Posted in Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Africa, agriculture, Ashok Gulati, Asia, chains, consumers, developing, Economics, fdi, food, food prices, foreign direct investment, household, Hugo Chavez, India, inequity, International Food Policy Research Institute, Latin America, liberalization, nepal, poverty, revolution, scale, spending, supermarket, Thomas Reardon, United States, vegetables, Wal-Mart, world
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Chavez and Putin sitting in a tree
At least as long as Chavez comes armed with a fat wallet.
Hugo’s Road to Ruin Continues
I say it eventually ends in mass murder, but McQ has the latest intermediate step.
Chavez Threatens Colombia Because He Finances Terrorism
McQ alerts us to this developing story in South America. Colombia, apparently, struck at a narco-terrorist camp inside Ecuador after tracking FARC spokesman Paul Reyes and other leaders there. Reyes and 16 other terrorists were killed. Chavez reacted by sending … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Hugo Chavez
Tagged Colombia, ecuador, FARC, Hugo Chavez, Terrorism, uranium, Venezuela
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An Introduction to a Lie
Michael Kraft takes a look back at candidate Hugo Chavez in 1998, being interviewed by Jorge Ramos for Univision. Jorge asks a series of what turned out to be extraordinarily prescient questions. In sequence Chavez denies he will shut down … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Hugo Chavez, Jorge Ramos, Media, Michael Kraft, Univision, Venezuela
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Bolivarian Buckaroo
photo: Citizen Feathers Feathers has an amusing photograph of Freddy Bernal, the MVR mayor of the Libertador Municipality in Caracas, doing his best George W. Bush impersonation in full cowboy getup. Bernal is one of Hugo Chavez’s most loyal henchmen … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Bolivarian Circles, Caracas, Circulos Bolivarianos, cowboy, Freddy Bernal, George W. Bush, Hugo Chavez, Libertador, MVR, photograph, Venezuela
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Chavez’s Demise
Assuming he doesn’t double down on the oppression, will come as his oil company collapses.
Hugo Chavez, the key to political popularity
If Hugo inspires such love from the masses of South America, how do you explain this? Colombia’s Uribe Approval Rating at Record 80%, Tiempo Reports By Helen Murphy Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s approval rating rose to … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
Tagged Alvaro Uribe, Columbia, FARC, Gallup, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela
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The food crisis accelerates
Following through on what was reported yesterday, Hugo Chavez continues to step up the pressure on food producers: Venezuela’s top food company has accused troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food from its trucks as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
Tagged FARC, food shortages, Hugo Chavez, price controls, socialism, Venezuela
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The Path to Mass Murder III
Haven’t we said this is the way things were heading once Hugo Chavez instituted price controls? Why yes we did. From CNN via Pejman President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse … Continue reading
Posted in Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
Tagged dictator, expropriation, Hugo Chavez, Mugabe
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No Mas FARC
Venezuelans not fond of Hugo Chavez’s new found affinity for narcoterrorism, are planning street marches in Caracas and Maracaibo to explicitly reject FARC and their murderous barbarism. This is an enormously heartening sign of genuinely worthwhile international solidarity, unlike the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Caracas, Colombia, dictatorship, FARC, Hugo Chavez, international, Latin America, Maracaibo, narcoterrorism, solidarity, Terrorism, Venezuela
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A Medallion for Monsters
You have to love the poll Common Sense & Wonder is running in its sidebar. The question is who will receive the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. C&W has some damningly convincing candidates for the Norwegian Nobel Committee too: Hugo Chavez, … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged , 2008, cash, Cindy Sheehan, Fidel Castro, GDP, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong-Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, mismanagement, Noam Chomsky, Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian, Robert Mugabe
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Return of the Fourth Fleet
The Navy is contemplating reviving the 4th Fleet, which was dissolved 60 years ago. The public rationale is rather vague, referring to the need to demonstrate interest in Latin America. Michael Goldfarb argues that Venezuelan plans to acquire Russian submarines … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 4th fleet, Caribbean, Hugo Chavez, naval power, Navy, Venezuela
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Terrorists by Any Name
JammieWearingFool hilariously points out that Hugo Chavez’s recent appeal to the world to refer to the FARC as “insurgents,” rather than terrorists, is off to a smashing start. It only took Reuters four paragraphs into the story before they began … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, FARC, Hugo Chavez, Media, narco-terrorism, Reuters, Terrorism, Venezuela
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That Didn’t Take Long
Hugo Chavez breaks his vow to not seek president-for-life powers again. According to Chavez the new referendum will ask: “two questions: ‘Do you agree that Hugo Chavez should continue as president?’ and concurrently ‘Do you agree to a small constitutional … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged dictatorship, Hugo Chavez, Naomi Campbell, socialism, Venezuela
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Venezuela’s coming Kristallnacht
McQ points us to a new, if all too familiar, turn the ugly situation in Venezuela is taking: Venezuelan Jews, long uneasy with the Chávez government’s alliances with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries that espouse anti-Israel views, are concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
Tagged Hugo Chavez, jews, socialism, totalitarianism, Venezuela
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