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joshcryer

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17. "The Chavez government hasn't really been in power that long"

Reply to Peace Patriot (Reply #15)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:32 PM

Oct 2012

FDR: 4422 days or 12 years, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day

Chavez: 4992 days or 13 years, 8 months, 1 day

I admit it was heartening to see them arrest those murderers of the opposition candidates when they didn't arrest anyone in the Chile diplomats daughters death, in the death at the CNE of the young man protecting the secrecy of the ballot or the assassination attempt on Capriles himself.

Perhaps you're right that Chavismo has the potential for introspection and can heal itself.

I suspect it's too late for them, though.

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Why Venezuela's Neighbors Are Hoping For A Chavez Win Sunday [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2012 OP

Does it look like there will be a clean election Sunday? hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1

Jimmy Carter has described Venezuelan elections under Chavez as the cleanest in the world. Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #2

I heard that Chavez is favored to win in a close race. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3

From the little I know tama Oct 2012 #5

I agree. I think of Capriles as the air-brushed, USAID candidate. Peace Patriot Oct 2012 #15

"The Chavez government hasn't really been in power that long" joshcryer Oct 2012 #17

selective amnensia? SESKATOW Oct 2012 #22

Chavez and the Boligarchs are good friends. joshcryer Oct 2012 #23

wealthy ranch owners cannot tolerate even the thought of world without inequality. SESKATOW Oct 2012 #25

You mean Hugo Chavez, right? How many boligarchs has Chavez arrested for campesino murders? joshcryer Oct 2012 #26

Wonder why these murders are never mention in your right wing media? SESKATOW Oct 2012 #27

Even Venezuela Analysis and other left wing sites can't provide... joshcryer Oct 2012 #28

So you agree and what "left wing" sites? SESKATOW Oct 2012 #29

Hi, Seskatow. Just saw your post, and glanced at a couple of the responses. Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #30

no, they just changed the ballot so that some who vote for where Capriles picture is located Bacchus4.0 Oct 2012 #6

What's the Paraguay story? tama Oct 2012 #4

he was impeached after a deadly riot where numerous peasants and police were killed Bacchus4.0 Oct 2012 #7

Fernando Lugo's exit after Paraguay 'coup' a setback for development Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #8

Why was Lugo tama Oct 2012 #10

Lugo wasn't naaman fletcher Oct 2012 #11

Lugo likes Chavez very much, invited him to his inauguration, worked for Venezuela Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #12

Latin American leaders reject Paraguay 'coup' Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #9

Paraguay's fascists used the Honduran template--a fake "constitutional crisis"-- Peace Patriot Oct 2012 #13

Thanks everybody tama Oct 2012 #14

Paraguay is hopeless then.. naaman fletcher Oct 2012 #16

The Colorado Party which has completely controlled Paraguay over 61 years IS fascist. Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #18

Right, but here is the question, naaman fletcher Oct 2012 #19

no, they weren't of course. his liberal coalition abandoned him n/t Bacchus4.0 Oct 2012 #20

The fascists (the Colorado Party) still rules the country, obviously. They are entrenched. Peace Patriot Oct 2012 #21

answers naaman fletcher Oct 2012 #24