Sorry, Hugo, but Latin America's populist decade might end soon

Cue wrote:

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Here is a couple more news stories for your viewing pleasure, You think they paid all these thousands of protesters too?
Venezuelans protest banned candidates
http://www.wtop.com/...
http://epicurismeiiden.blogspot.com/2008/06/v...
My Favorite was when Chavez shut down Venezuela’s respected 53-year-old TV station RCTV banning them for subversive activities. Chavez is more blatant than GWB with total disregard for his countries constitution and peoples rights.

dvd_abad wrote:

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First there wasn't thousands and second this protestant in conjunction with the Venezuelan media are the one creating these news making a big deal out of nothing like they did in the 2002 coup. you know what is a bigger news than this? Colombian Army missusing the Red Cross sign and Tele Sur Logo in the so call rescue.
RCTV shut down?
Private media coverage of the 2002 coup only exacerbated these tensions. During the April 11th opposition demonstrations leading up to the coup, Chávez took over the airwaves shortly before gunfire broke out. The private TV stations defied the president by showing his address and the protest simultaneously, via a split-screen presentation. Chávez then ordered them to be taken off the air in a forced blackout which lasted until several stations started rerouting cable TV signals in order to continue covering the protest. On the first morning after the 2002 coup, many of the new Carmona government’s highest-ranking members appeared on-air to offer their appreciation to the private media for their support. Once the counter-coup was launched by Chavistas and loyalist elements of the Palace Guard, these five stations censored any reporting on the events. Private media owners and managers instead chose to broadcast classic films and sitcom reruns.
In May 2007, international media coverage of the events surrounding the non-renewal of the opposition television channel RCTV’s broadcast license was almost universally reported as a “shut down” or “closure” of an “independent” voice, when, in fact, RCTV was never closed down and continues to broadcast by cable and satellite in Venezuela and neighboring countries. The events were given wide coverage in the international media, creating the image that there was widespread chaos and unrest in the country, when nearly all of the major protests took place in only a few middle and upper-class neighborhoods of Caracas. Many media outlets in the United States portrayed the government decision to not renew the broadcast license as a “dictatorial” act that was “muzzling opposition voices” and “attacking the media.” Fox News in the United States gave especially distorted coverage of the events, claiming that Hugo Chavez had “shut down the media all across the country”[11] when in reality RCTV was the only channel to lose its broadcast license. Many other opposition media outlets continue to operate in Venezuela, including the major newspapers and TV channels, making up the clear majority of the Venezuelan media.

Cue wrote:

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RCTV shut down --- Chávez took over the airwaves --- TV stations defied the president --- Chávez then ordered them to be taken off the air in a forced blackout --- the first morning after the 2002 coup -------
These are your words in chronological order – listen to yourself – does puppet comes to mind? Chavez could nationalize, shut down and ban every damn thing in Venezuela that he does not like and you would be standing on a stump screaming his praises. Ignorance has no limits.
Nice to see you are enjoying America and everything a democratic government can offer you.

dvd_abad wrote:

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You're the one parroting every stupid thing that you find in Internet and I'm the puppet .
Every time that a person doesn't have anything else to aport to the argument, come with something even stupider, start the names calling or send me back to Venezuela. I came to the USA long before Chavez, and America is a Continent not a Country
You're banned 'till you come with something smart to say about it ''cause i can't explain every little thing to you.

Gloom and Doom wrote:

Let's see, Hugo reminds me of someone, who is it? It's right on the tip of my tounge, Oh! I know, it's BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

dvd_abad wrote:

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You're the one parroting every stupid thing that you find in Internet and I'm the puppet .
Every time that a person doesn't have anything else to aport to the argument, come with something even stupider, start the names calling or send me back to Venezuela. I came to the USA long before Chavez, and America is a Continent not a Country
You're banned 'till you come with something smart to say about it ''cause i can't explain every little thing to you.

dvd_abad wrote:

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I hope you're right, can you imagine? The USA Technololy and the South America Natural Resources working together not for one side only. WOW that would be cool, but Bush and company wouldn't like that.

MercurioCromo wrote:

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What in god's name are you smoking? This is precisely why you are so damn wrong. You see your mentality is to think that all South America has to offer is NATURAL RESOURCES -meaning Oil, Gas, Metals, etc.- and that all USA has to offer is TECHNOLOGY -meaning everything else.
Well, my stupid friend, that is the problem. In order for Latin America to succeed, or now fucking Indian America as the imbecile of Chavez wants to name it, has to offer more than natural resources. In order to secure a future for everyone we need to be competitive, we need industries, we need private enterprise, and a whole lot of workers. Chavez is doing exactly the opposite of this, he is betting the house on energy not thinking that the green movements and alternative technologies are starting to grab momentum. It wont be in 10 years, but in 20 I can garan-fucking-tee you that our kids will starve because oil will be cheap as advances in technology and a shift in mindset will replace oil-powered machines.

bobadillia wrote:

What is your true objective Mr oppenheimer? In your analyisis of Chaves and Evo Morales you are clearly supportive of a colonial Greco-Roman racist model of civilization.'A slave class borne by blood’ The indigenous people of South America have been ruled by colonial powers for five hundred years it is time they regained some power for themselves.

MercurioCromo wrote:

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What in god's name are you smoking? This is precisely why you are so damn wrong. You see your mentality is to think that all South America has to offer is NATURAL RESOURCES -meaning Oil, Gas, Metals, etc.- and that all USA has to offer is TECHNOLOGY -meaning everything else.
Well, my stupid friend, that is the problem. In order for Latin America to succeed, or now fucking Indian America as the imbecile of Chavez wants to name it, has to offer more than natural resources. In order to secure a future for everyone we need to be competitive, we need industries, we need private enterprise, and a whole lot of workers. Chavez is doing exactly the opposite of this, he is betting the house on energy not thinking that the green movements and alternative technologies are starting to grab momentum. It wont be in 10 years, but in 20 I can garan-fucking-tee you that our kids will starve because oil will be cheap as advances in technology and a shift in mindset will replace oil-powered machines.

MercurioCromo wrote:

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What in god's name are you smoking? This is precisely why you are so damn wrong. You see your mentality is to think that all South America has to offer is NATURAL RESOURCES -meaning Oil, Gas, Metals, etc.- and that all USA has to offer is TECHNOLOGY -meaning everything else.
Well, my stupid friend, that is the problem. In order for Latin America to succeed, or now fucking Indian America as the imbecile of Chavez wants to name it, has to offer more than natural resources. In order to secure a future for everyone we need to be competitive, we need industries, we need private enterprise, and a whole lot of workers. Chavez is doing exactly the opposite of this, he is betting the house on energy not thinking that the green movements and alternative technologies are starting to grab momentum. It wont be in 10 years, but in 20 I can garan-fucking-tee you that our kids will starve because oil will be cheap as advances in technology and a shift in mindset will replace oil-powered machines.

dvd_abad wrote:

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I just was being sarcastic but you're so blinded with hate and some kind of dissociation that you can't even see that. Well like i said before if you don't have anything smart to say i won't reply 'cause i can't explain every little thing to you and in the end it doesn't really matter. You whining, crying and bitching like a little girl about it,doesn't gonna change the fact that Chavez is the "ELECTED" President of Venezuela. If you don't like it, welcome to Topix.

dvd_abad wrote:

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I just was being sarcastic but you're so blinded with hate and some kind of dissociation that you can't even see that. Well like i said before if you don't have anything smart to say i won't reply 'cause i can't explain every little thing to you and in the end it doesn't really matter. You whining, crying and bitching like a little girl about it,doesn't gonna change the fact that Chavez is the "ELECTED" President of Venezuela. If you don't like it, welcome to Topix.

Odessean wrote:

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Mercurio,
Don't waste your time with this dude. He will defend Lucifer if he was running Venezuela!