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In reply to the discussion: Chavez promises to cause an economic crisis in Venezuela and Colombia [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)31. You do understand that "Chavista" refrers to people who endorse the party of Hugo Chavez?
If you think that word is an insult--rather than a description--then there's something wrong with your POV. It's a political affiliation.
Here, some links for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavismo
http://chavista.net/
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Chavez promises to cause an economic crisis in Venezuela and Colombia [View all]
Bacchus4.0
May 2013
OP
right now I think we have Colombia, Capriles, Uribe, Polar, and the US to blame for
Bacchus4.0
May 2013
#7
Slightly off topic, but I had an Indian friend (The India next to Pakistan, not Indigenous)
Flatulo
May 2013
#11
I've heard the same. Heard that is the method they used in the Phillipines too
Bacchus4.0
May 2013
#13
Oh dear....I have to say, I think the government has "touched bottom" with those sorts of
MADem
May 2013
#27
yeah, so? I admit he's not a bus driver, but do you have a problem with soldiers?
Bacchus4.0
May 2013
#10
The bus driver is having trouble with the military, because he doesn't have the chops that his
MADem
May 2013
#29
You really don't like working class people, do you? Otherwise why would you keep pointing
idwiyo
May 2013
#46
Nothing against the working class, but I think as we found out with GWB, being a 'nice guy'
Flatulo
May 2013
#47
My comment has very little to do with Maduro himself. It has a lot to do with disdain and outright
idwiyo
May 2013
#49
Agreed on all points. Some of the smartest people I knew worked their way up, and some
Flatulo
May 2013
#50
I think I am going to go check if hell froze over! This would be first time we actually agreed on
idwiyo
May 2013
#52
I want you to know I alerted on this post and your prior one that got deleted.
catnhatnh
May 2013
#14
You do understand that "Chavista" refrers to people who endorse the party of Hugo Chavez?
MADem
May 2013
#31
There's plenty to criticize when it comes to the Boligarchs as well as the opposition--there's
MADem
May 2013
#41