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2007-01-23 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He's a friggin' financial genius. Probably been talking to his buddy Soros.

Posted by SpecOp35 2007-01-23 01:40|| 2007-01-23 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't understand why the White House is so timid on its statements about Chavez.

Posted by Gloque Elmang4914 2007-01-23 04:58|| 2007-01-23 04:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Approaching the mugabe model. Who needs economies when you are trying to use starvation as population control? The old Communist model of utopia. Curse you Chavez. You have lost it.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-01-23 05:14|| 2007-01-23 05:14|| Front Page Top

#4 He'll earn another sprocket for the collapse of his oil and telecom markets. The American companies should sabotage the phone and internet systems if they are nationalized, make sure they quit working

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-23 07:20|| 2007-01-23 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank-

AMEN to that - if Chavez is serious, then a trusted AMERICAN manager needs to be sent down there first with a 'special' disc to upload into the system just before the handover. With a little judicious programming, all of our people can be back home before the system crashes.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-23 09:21|| 2007-01-23 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 If it's CDMA is it Lucent or Mot Equipment?
Is it pre or post IP backbone?
(It makes a difference...)
If it is "pre" then infect the transcoders.
Double passwords should still be the same... just ask. Also, the core mgmt should have an easy password.... hehe..

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-23 10:46|| 2007-01-23 10:46|| Front Page Top

#7 It's not like the old days of wire and analog connections anymore. Then you just sent the local Army unit down to secure the building. Now all the gee whiz magic just made payback so much easier. Open season to 'Freak the Hugo'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-23 11:32|| 2007-01-23 11:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Why bother. Just seize Citgo refineries and gas stations in the US. They are worth more.

Posted by ed 2007-01-23 12:44|| 2007-01-23 12:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Since 2004, the Venezuelan Central Bank has transferred about $22.5 billion to accounts abroad by the Chavez government, and about $12 billion of that remains unaccounted for. It has also been reported that the gold reserves have been removed from the Central Bank.

Saving up for a ~~fiery~~ rainy day, Hugo?

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-23 15:19|| 2007-01-23 15:19|| Front Page Top

#10 The only question is how much longer can Venezuela's economy glide before crashing with the price of oil down and their oil field infrastructure old and breaking.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-23 16:03|| 2007-01-23 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Oil revenue is still twice what it was when Chavez came to power.

Posted by ed 2007-01-23 16:53|| 2007-01-23 16:53|| Front Page Top

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