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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez pulls out all the tricks for upcoming vote
2008-11-22
Venezuela's "Maximum Leader" President Hugo Chavez is acting as if he were fighting for his political life.

In the run-up to Sunday's regional and municipal elections, the 54-year-old former paratrooper is waging a massive political blitz replete with promises, pronouncements and threats. He has banned some 300 opposition politicians from running, released secretly recorded wiretapped conversations of others and resorted to outright intimidation calling dissidents in his own party "filthy traitors," "sell-outs" and "counter-revolutionaries," while branding opposition politicians "conspirators," and " vile imbeciles."

He has threatened to put anyone who questions the victory of his own candidates into jail and vowed to put tanks into the streets of states that end up in the hands of opponents.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  But we believe, crosspatch! If only the right people get in power, it will run, and we will have equality up the a$$.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-11-22 21:07  

#5  The thing is, socialism ALWAYS fails. A market of millions of individual decisions always works better than a centrally controlled market ... ALWAYS. Even the Chinese have learned that lesson.
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-11-22 17:16  

#4  At any rate, Chavez sounds like he's coming to the only end that a tyrant can have.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-11-22 12:11  

#3  crowds of red-shirted supporters, who respond by shouting "Hey, ho, Chavez won't go!"

Why would they shout that in English? It doesn't rhyme in Spanish. Does anyone else find that to be curious?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-11-22 12:10  

#2  Watch Zulia... Oppo's win if they can claim 6 provinces. I dunno, this is a real test of the residual democracy. If you gottem... pray 'em.

Posted by: .5MT   2008-11-22 08:42  

#1  In the run-up to Sunday's regional and municipal elections, the 54-year-old former paratrooper former wardhealer is waging a massive political blitz replete with promises, pronouncements and threats. He has banned some 300 opposition politicians from running, released secretly recorded wiretapped conversations of others and resorted to outright intimidation calling dissidents in his own party "filthy traitors," "sell-outs" and "counter-revolutionaries," while branding opposition politicians "conspirators," and " vile imbeciles."

Prelude to 2012? Got to take a note from true socialist everywhere.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-11-22 08:18  

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