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sabrina 1

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18. Are you seriously questioning, which even the biased Western media has had a problem doing, that
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:28 PM
Mar 2013

the Chavez government did not cut poverty and illiteracy in half during his time in office?

For those people who were mired in poverty while Global Corps sucked up the profits of THEIR resources, you can bet the economy has improved, immensely which is why Chavez kept winning and why Madura will most likely win. I have way, way more faith in the judgement of the actual people regarding Venezuela's economic situation than all the biased Western media, and the big budget that pays for their anti-Venezuealan people propaganda, put together.

I have read it, the disingenuous reporting on inflation, eg. Supporting other Latin American nations struggling to regain their own sovereignty after decades of oppression by western backed dictators, is one of the most constructive and admirable things Chavez did. Of COURSE the Global Cartels are not happy about it, he managed to create a stronger region against their monetary invasions, which of course was the whole point. What is good for them, is good for Venezueala. It was money very well spent as we see the frustration, (Wikileaks cables were very revealing) of the greedy, criminal Corps who can no longer just place another puppet Dictator in power in any of those countries, to do their bidding.

I find it extremely strange that any Democrat would support any Right Wing government, here or anywhere else. In fact I don't know a single Demcorat who does. Of course none of these governments are perfect. The destruction to their countries from decades of Western backed oppressive dictatorships and right wing governments, will take a long time to undo. But it is amazing how far they have come in such a short time and I am happy to see them now in a better position to help their own people and to keep at bay the forces that kept them enslaved for so long. If they continue on this democratic path, I believe that region of the world will finally reach its potential. Shame how the crooks here who denied them those rights, have never been punished. As a result, they are still trying to regain control of those nations.

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Venezuelan leader warns of sabotage plans [View all] naaman fletcher Mar 2013 OP
translation: outages and shortages are expected to continue Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #1
and WE know who's fault it COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #2
Yes, most likely with the help of the usual right wing suspects who can't wait to take Venezuela sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #3
Yep. You're right. It couldn't COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #4
You keep forgetting, they earned the reputation they have when they attempted to overturn sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #5
Pretty much a non-response. COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #7
Interesting response, especially the idismissive attitude towards the traitors who sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #8
After reading your response, particularly COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #11
you will never see any evidence from that poster n/t Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #13
Are you seriously questioning, which even the biased Western media has had a problem doing, that sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #18
Once again, non responsive. COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #23
What a thoroughly revealing post. I'm sorry I missed it before. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #38
About that alleged coup attempt... Flatulo Mar 2013 #24
Jimmy Carter: "US 'likely behind Chavez coup'! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #26
you and Al Jazeera quoted Carter wrong, unsurprisingly Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #27
He said what he said. If you don't like it, that is not my concern. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #28
From your own cite... Flatulo Mar 2013 #29
The world knows that the Bush Administration was behind the Coup in Venezuela. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #30
Oh, I'm certain the Bush administration wanted it to happen. Unfortunately, the standard Flatulo Mar 2013 #31
Well, we seem to have gone from Bush being behind the coup, to Bush being aware of it Flatulo Mar 2013 #35
No, what we did was to remind those who forgot how the Bush War Criminals sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #39
Just to make my position clear, we have plenty of Flatulo Mar 2013 #43
I am glad that we agree on most of these issues. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #44
I agree naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #20
No, I have no evidence of the CIA causing outages. We had similar outages in Ca airc, which later sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #21
Fair enough naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #22
its alot easier to blame the CIA than accept the reality that your own Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #6
Oh, I don't blame the CIA for the far Right's behavior in Venezuela. I blame the Far Right, Capriles sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #9
Chavez committed treason and the acting president is named Maduro Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #10
+1 COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #12
Like I said, your comments are very enlightening. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #14
other than the above post, I will simply assume all your posts are false Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #15
Now THAT is a compliment! Your, unwitting I am sure, sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #16
I believe that Ven. has a literacy program, run by the Cubans, Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #17
The Cubans have a better infant mortality rate than the US. You should check it out sometime. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #19
40% or so of Venezuelans supported Caprilles. To your mind, are they traitors worthy Flatulo Mar 2013 #32
I am a liberal Democrat. I do not believe in the death penalty. Where did you sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #33
Why, I got that idea from your posts. You've repeatedly called Caprilles a traitor, and you remarked Flatulo Mar 2013 #34
You did not get it from my posts. Stating facts about what would happen sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #36
Thank you for that post naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #37
To you then, a majority of the people who have elected leaders not approved sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #40
I said no such thing naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #41
I thought I'd made it perfectly clear who the useful idiots are. Flatulo Mar 2013 #42
Excellent. If there are grid disruptions, it's the Yanqui's fault. If there aren't, Flatulo Mar 2013 #25
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