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In reply to the discussion: If you hate Hugo Chavez, then FIGHT what created him-U.S. imperialism in the Americas. [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)24. We can't fund the arts in schools, they are frivolous.
But look at what "La Sistema" (the orchestra system that starts 100,000 slum kids on an instrument at age five in Venezuela) produces. Founded by economist Jose Antonio Abreu:
The Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel:
Gustavo Dudamel is now the Principal Conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic, and he's just a kid!! He's a product of La Sistema as a violinist. Another program has been created in Los Angeles for kids.
I learned teamwork and split-second timing in orchestra--I hated sports.
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If you hate Hugo Chavez, then FIGHT what created him-U.S. imperialism in the Americas. [View all]
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
OP
Morales and Vasquez(and also Correa of Ecuador) are hated by the same people who hate Chavez.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#2
Glad to hear it. If you get that, you aren't the sort of person this thread is aimed at.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#10
The best thing anyone could do who feels deep rancor is to actually learn LatAm history.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#6
A lot of Americans just mindlessly repeat what they hear and see in the media
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2013
#14
I have no problem with Chavez, I have a Lot of problems with some U.S. warmongering shitbags.
Whisp
Mar 2013
#15
Exactly so. From the "Banana Wars" of the late 19th - early 20th centuries through our despicable
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#16
anyone who smells sulphur when speaking of Bush the Lesser is okay in my books. n/t
Whisp
Mar 2013
#17
America's record in central and south America is dismal, for sure . . . But:
MrModerate
Mar 2013
#20