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Tag Archives: Venezuela
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
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Tagged ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez, Bolivia, Hugo Chavez, marxism, Morales, Philip Goldberg, Venezuela
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Medvedev’s Caribbean Dream
A depressingly confused analogy from Medvedev on US aid to Georgia: “I wonder how they would like it if we sent humanitarian assistance using our navy to countries of the Caribbean that have suffered from the recent hurricanes.” (AFP) We’d … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged 1898, Caribbean, Cold War, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Grenada, Haiti, hegemony, human rights, humanitarian, hurricane, Medvedev, Moscow, Putin, Putinism, resistance, Russia, United States, Venezuela
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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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Blood For Oil
Joseph Kennedy II supports blood for oil. In recent months, my TV has been bombarded with ads from Joe Kennedy promoting his Citizens Energy program, such as the following: The heating oil distributed by Citizens Energy comes from Venezuela on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, energy, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Chavez, Citizens Energy, command economy, Economics, Exxon, food shortages, heating oil, heavy crude, Joseph Kennedy II, nationalization, oil, oil market, oil production, OPEC, PDVSA, price ceiling, price fixing, price floor, socialism, starvation, 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
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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
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Tagged Bolivarian Circles, Caracas, Circulos Bolivarianos, cowboy, Freddy Bernal, George W. Bush, Hugo Chavez, Libertador, MVR, photograph, Venezuela
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Anti-FARC March in D.C.
John Lilyea has the goods: So I decided to add my voice to the millions worldwide from here in DC. I was really surprised that an ad hoc organization put together such a large demonstration in such a short period … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Colombia, D.C., drug trafficking, FARC, John Lilyea, march, socialism, Terrorism, Venezuela
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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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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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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
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Tagged 4th fleet, Caribbean, Hugo Chavez, naval power, Navy, Venezuela
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Own Your Own Communist Dirt Charms
For only six bucks the Revolutionary Lemonade Stand sells necklaces with glass bottle pendants containing soil samples from only the holiest totalitarian shrines. Select your choice of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, or East Los Angeles (in occupied Aztlán).
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Aztlan, Cuba, dirt, Jewelry, leftists, Los Angeles, Palestine, 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
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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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