Archive for the 'hugo chavez' Category
Cristina & Hugo
Y que vas a hacer Cristina cuando Hugo no está para comprarte bonos y regalar dinero al pais?
Un tipo que carece de atencion.
No sé si reír o llorar.
Hugo Chavez: Popular in Spain!
People told me that Hugo Chavez would become a popular guy, even outside the borders of Venezuela.
And they were right!
The king of Spain’s recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain.
An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words “Why don’t you shut up?”, generating a reported […]
Zapatero: “Chavez, deja de ser un payaso.”
No lo dijo exactamente así, pero ese fue el mensaje.
Muy bueno.
Incluso, el rey diciendo a Hugo, “Por qué no te callas?” Je.
Derailing the Hugo Chavez power grab
A great article on Hugo Chavez from Andres Oppenheimer.
A couple money quotes:
A new poll by the Venezuelan firm Hinterlaces says that 54 percent of Venezuelans disapprove of Chávez’s proposal to change the constitution, while only 26 percent support it. Interestingly, 48 percent of respondents in the same poll described themselves as Chávez sympathizers, which suggests […]
Rethinking Hugo Chavez
A great piece by a left-leaning author.
For a long time, I’ve defended Hugo Chavez. I thought that he was fighting a worthy battle against greed and corruption, against years of foreign domination and cronyism. I thought he was trying to improve the lives of poor people, while establishing a strong economy, an independent and self-respecting […]
Hugo Chavez: No term limits for me!
From the BBC we read about Hugo Chavez’ latest “democratic initiative”:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confirmed that he will try to change the law to allow him to remain in power indefinitely.
Under the current constitution, Mr Chavez will have to leave office at the end of his term in 2012.
As Steven Taylor at PoliBlog says:
This […]