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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you are neither crying nor grave dancing over Hugo Chavez [View all]mailman82
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Check in if you are neither crying nor grave dancing over Hugo Chavez [View all]
RB TexLa
Mar 2013
OP
I said hard, not impossible. If the leaders take all the money and stuff them in swiss bank accounts
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#70
Agreed, but my point is, simply not being a thief doesn't mean you are an economic genius.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#77
I don't agree that Russia's system is neoliberal. I think it is much more complicated than that. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#92
Chavez subsidized energy (oil, electric, gas, etc.) to keep it affordable for the population.
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#85
He was just another in a long line of opportunistic politial operatives on this planet.
A HERETIC I AM
Mar 2013
#43
Here. He was just another politician with a gift for publicity, neither entirely good or bad.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2013
#102
I think he was a good man for the most part...but I did not know him personally.
alphafemale
Mar 2013
#113
Present. Chavez did many good deeds and some that weren't good. He was a complex person. nt
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#119