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carlitosbaez
And Vocalion????
where are you from by the way?
Carlitos
Tenerife
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winter
Best of lick to VP Nicolas Maduro and the country. May Venezuela continue to thwart 'Western' (US, Big Oil) imperialism and Shock Doctrine-style opportunists, and may the indigenous Indian and black population continue to make small steps of progress. Many families throughout the US's New York and New England region have really appreciated Chavez's heating oil program when their own gov't didn't step to the plate.
Angel? -Hell no. Scoundrel? -Yup. Heck, it seems only scoundrels make it to the top of any governments in today's dog-eat-dog political world. Regardless, some of his well-meant efforts need to be recognized, and the one-sided celebratory vitriol of this thread is childish.
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B-Flat
We all should celebrate that this bastard is dead. Cristina Fernander de Kirchner should follow him and meet her husband (Nestor Kirchner). They are a bunch of corrupt people. They suck
What a nice topic...
Funnily, the more yoou are elected the more "corrupt" you are called by brainwashed Westerners... Kirchner or Chavez are more popular after years in power, than Obama or Cameron after 2 years.
Of course it's Champagne time in Washington which has been trying to get rid of the guy for 15 years as it did in the rest of Latin America for half a century now, causing millions of deaths and maintaining whole nations under corrupt governments.
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KeithNacho
As the spanish monarc said some years ago to this bastard: "y tu, ¿porqué no te callas?
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KeithNacho
As the spanish monarc said some years ago to this bastard: "y tu, ¿porqué no te callas?
The Spanish monarc is a moron.
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Redhotcarpet
I hope the Venezuelans grab the chance when given to vote for a Western friendly captialist that is willing to communicate with the outside world and help improve the economy and the freedom of speech.
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Title5Take1
He was cozy with Castro, a murderous tyrant.
It sounds like you're describing this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_NorthwoodsQuote
Title5Take1
He was cozy with Castro, a murderous tyrant. Castro has a kind of "radical chic" attraction to some, which I guess is why it's not better known that Castro, through terrorists in New York, planned, in 1962, to blow up: 1) the Statue of Liberty; 2) Macy's; 3) Gimbel's; 4) Bloomingdale's; 5) Grand Central station; 6) other transportation stops; 8) oil refineries on the New Jersey shore. On the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year (when some of those targets would have been teeming with crowds.) The F.B.I. thwarted it.
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GravityBoy
He stood up to the oil industry.
Good for him.
Now the real trouble will start.
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R
He nationalized the oil industry and bankrupted his country as a result.
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FrankM
I hope he was a better musician than a humanitarian.