tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post3204196437322465462..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The radicalization of Chavez: a break or break?Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-78438437152275597772010-02-22T21:55:27.787+01:002010-02-22T21:55:27.787+01:00@Marzolian,
thanks! I said that because of the fu...@Marzolian,<br /><br />thanks! I said that because of the furniture that belonged to him. Especially chairs!<br /><br />Sure, I'm no connoisseur of the matter, just happen to notice the small size of old time pieces. I would really like to see his clothes and in a museum sometime! (I'll have to go to Paris for that, I guess)<br /><br />Anyhow... our Libertador was not tall at all ;(Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409833836497330449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8043384549671437212010-02-22T20:03:04.492+01:002010-02-22T20:03:04.492+01:00being "vecinos" I figured you knew. Sorr...being "vecinos" I figured you knew. Sorry for the assuption. <br />barquiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-75622167420180483022010-02-22T19:04:35.465+01:002010-02-22T19:04:35.465+01:00Liz, Napoleon was actually relative tall for his t...Liz, Napoleon was actually relative tall for his time. From Wikipedia: "British sources put his height at 5 ft 7 British inches: ... equivalent to 1.7 m. Napoleon surrounded himself with tall bodyguards and had a nickname of <i>le petit caporal</i> which was an affectionate term that reflected his reported camaraderie with his soldiers rather than his height."marzolianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462953614340130612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-13148406841379152622010-02-22T18:44:28.128+01:002010-02-22T18:44:28.128+01:00Marin--"Seeing him riding that tractor I got ...Marin--"Seeing him riding that tractor I got an involuntary flashback to Dallas 1963. Sorry if that offends anybody.1:34 PM"<br /><br />Recall that Cuba was involved with Oswald who shot Kennedy. Chavez is still a Castro want-to-be. It is a bad thought, but I wonder how many Venezuelans would take a clear shot a Hugo Chavez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-40861184331815120272010-02-22T18:07:46.229+01:002010-02-22T18:07:46.229+01:00charly and barqui
looks indeed that falcon made a...charly and barqui<br /><br />looks indeed that falcon made a move. i had not watched the news last night when i made the comment.<br /><br />(wiping egg from face)Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22579385751650253172010-02-22T18:06:43.576+01:002010-02-22T18:06:43.576+01:00jsb
of course they were unloaded.... they will b...jsb<br /><br />of course they were unloaded.... they will be loaded only when chavez sends them to kill escualidos. but then again it remains to be seen if they indeed will shoot escualidos....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-10198321467409238122010-02-22T18:04:50.958+01:002010-02-22T18:04:50.958+01:00Liz
Do not forget that Zamora is a very controver...Liz<br /><br />Do not forget that Zamora is a very controversial image, due probably at his rather early exit from the front stage, before he had time to make irreconcilable enemies. That is why at some point there was even a State named after Zamora, and today I think there are t least a couple of municipalities called Zamora.<br /><br />We should always judge people in the historical context they operated, which does not stop us from condemning Zamora. But in the beginning of the Federal Wars, Zamora did have a point, alleged decentralization. The irony, no?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22334052369789029892010-02-22T17:13:43.101+01:002010-02-22T17:13:43.101+01:00Yikes Daniel, the pics from El Calvario are just p...Yikes Daniel, the pics from El Calvario are just priceless!<br /><br />I have no problem with Chavez being taller than Bolivar... El Libertador was a very small man in real life! If I'm not mistaken he wore size 33/34 shoes (Eur size). But then, people were not as tall as today, Napoleon was also very short, wasn't he?<br /><br />But all in all... chavez with Jesus and Bolivar; goodness gracious! Talk about 'delirios de grandeza'!<br /><br />Venezuelans today don't know too much about history, or should I say chavistas are re-writing it. Zamora was a bandolero, cannot even think of the right english translation for it!<br /><br />OTOH, didn't Zamora fight against centralism? and that is really what chavez is imposing? It is almost crazy to name El Calvario after him, being the park in Caracas. I find the whole thing so politically incorrect and bizarre!<br /><br />I won't say much more... but being very ofended ~I'm the daughter of a llanera~ by the sad image of fake llaneros that look like cuban militias with chinese straw hats.<br />Argh.. creepy!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409833836497330449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-82860532346403543902010-02-22T15:04:34.077+01:002010-02-22T15:04:34.077+01:00The militia's guns were not loaded, too much o...The militia's guns were not loaded, too much of a risk to have loaded weapons around Chavez. None of them even have their magazines attached the guns. I suspect the weapons were handed out for the photo op and then returned to the armory later.jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-34890314494070578012010-02-22T14:47:50.011+01:002010-02-22T14:47:50.011+01:00dano: as Im watching the Vancouver Olympics and s...dano: as Im watching the Vancouver Olympics and seeing such staggering beautiful scenery and happy smiling mostly anglo faces its funny as hell in a sad sort of way to watch Hugoslavia further embark on the path to profound stupidity and self destruction......<br /><br />Hugo with a sword and a black glove!! what a limp dick !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-9465598612103039712010-02-22T14:38:20.660+01:002010-02-22T14:38:20.660+01:00Looks like Falcon jumped ship after all. Now you w...Looks like Falcon jumped ship after all. Now you will see the garbage that will pile on the poor man's head. Falcon and Reyes Reyes have never seen eye to eye. Reyes Reyes is one of the (very) few Venezuelans Chavez trusts. Falcon rejects Chavez top down approach. See the picture? Pick a chair on the Titanic and enjoy the show.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2763269363560153242010-02-22T12:57:53.080+01:002010-02-22T12:57:53.080+01:00"Here we have a Trinity, or the 3 crosses on ..."Here we have a Trinity, or the 3 crosses on Calvary"<br /><br />Don't forget that the two men crucified with Jesus were thieves, criminals. Not a nice thing to say about Simon. :)<br /><br />Or we could also recall that one of the two thieves repented of his ways and asked Jesus' forgiveness there on the cross, while the other excoriated him even as they were dying. An interesting metaphor there.AIOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57399751339538316892010-02-22T05:58:24.097+01:002010-02-22T05:58:24.097+01:00barqui
the hour of falcon has not rung yet. falc...barqui<br /><br />the hour of falcon has not rung yet. falcon cannot jump alone. he will do it when he is sure a few figures follow him, namely at least another governor. but i do not see that happening any time soon except perhaps in monagas.<br /><br />now, if we reach September and the opposition actually wins parliament and is allowed to legislate, then things will change dramatically.... falcon would then be seen as a heir to chavismo by many.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-55973500892196237192010-02-22T05:54:18.631+01:002010-02-22T05:54:18.631+01:00boat
noriega wielded a machete, not a sword. i a...boat<br /><br />noriega wielded a machete, not a sword. i actually would have understood better chavez wielding a machete to encourage students to hit the fields....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30254135390248523452010-02-22T05:31:09.988+01:002010-02-22T05:31:09.988+01:00daniel
Is falcon opening the door for other govern...daniel<br />Is falcon opening the door for other governors from PUSV? Is this a sign that not all will follow the radical turn? Falcon on the outside may be dangerous how is el supremo going to deal with him?<br />barquiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-17369606282237691822010-02-22T01:45:57.002+01:002010-02-22T01:45:57.002+01:00Ken Price's posting on Militia in the Dark ca...Ken Price's posting on <a href="http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20100221.aspx" rel="nofollow">Militia in the Dark </a> came from <a href="http://www.strategypage.com/" rel="nofollow">Strategy Page.</a> <br /><br />I have read that Thugo may be changing his mind on his initial refusal of Colombia's offer to sell electricity to Venezuela. While it would be very humiliating for Thugo to purchase electricity from his arch enemy Uribe, such a decision may well end up saving Thugo's bacon. If electricity purchased from Colombia mitigates or even stops the blackouts, that will reflect well on Thugo. Most people won't care where he got the electricity nor that the purchase was the consequence of Thugo's abysmal decision making over the last eleven years. Most will simply see a problem solved.Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15718800045324944512010-02-22T01:44:07.579+01:002010-02-22T01:44:07.579+01:00Kenprice, very interesting.
The one time I rememb...Kenprice, very interesting.<br /><br />The one time I remembering seeing Chavez back down was recently, when the malandros came down from the serros to complain about the cuts in electricity. He backed down fast.<br /><br />Other than that, Chavez seems stronger than ever. He's closing down supermarkets, making himself the source of food. I see jobs disappearing fast and Venezuelans are realizing just how bad things are getting (finally!). On Sabado En La Noche last night (a Globovision show where they laugh and have a good time so as to forget things for awhile) there was a fleeting moment where they were having trouble keeping up the smiles.<br /><br />I see a collapse as the only way Chavez goes.<br /><br />DanMucho Spanishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06050244759877801560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33687666356512774222010-02-22T00:13:23.898+01:002010-02-22T00:13:23.898+01:00Thugo Chavez with a sword.
Humn, did i see simil...Thugo Chavez with a sword. <br /><br />Humn, did i see similar picture not too long ago? Oh yes, the picture of the dictator Manuel Noriega of Panama.<br /><br />This time, Venezuelans have to do the job instead of the imperialist US.1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38843742322552697082010-02-21T21:36:44.368+01:002010-02-21T21:36:44.368+01:00chavez is in his own little world ,a legend in his...chavez is in his own little world ,a legend in his own mind. i recently came back from caracas,and is just slowly going down the drain <br />electricity blackouts ,inflation,free speech being denied ,and the funniest thing yet sad ,is the hours and i mean hours of chavez' speeches broadcast on govt tv.chavez will destroy himself, as all dictators eventually do !!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803306097407248218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-40748395778444068122010-02-21T19:04:00.241+01:002010-02-21T19:04:00.241+01:00Seeing him riding that tractor I got an involuntar...Seeing him riding that tractor I got an involuntary flashback to Dallas 1963. Sorry if that offends anybody.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605250739418926462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47098719815032426202010-02-21T18:54:03.738+01:002010-02-21T18:54:03.738+01:00Good article. Somehow I sense you start to depreci...Good article. Somehow I sense you start to depreciate the man making enormous efforts to appear bigger than he is. It is quite pathetic to see someone go down the drain like that when he had everything at his disposal to really change his country. Give it a bit of time and he becomes "chicken sh*t".<br /><br />As for the milicias campesinas bolivarianas, have you seen some of the pictures. Before bullets for their rifles, they all need urgently a new denture. The youngest must be at least 150 years old. Imperio temblad!Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61828565464310035472010-02-21T17:44:59.076+01:002010-02-21T17:44:59.076+01:00Militia In The Dark
February 21, 2010: Venezuelan ...Militia In The Dark<br />February 21, 2010: Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's mismanagement of the economy, and resulting inflation and unemployment has created a growing opposition. Chavez has come up with an idea that will make the most of the growing economic decline. Because many government employees are now working shorter hours, because of electricity shortages, the government is encouraging these workers to use some of their additional free time, to join the workers militia. This is a pro-government (well, pro-Chevez) organization that relies on volunteers, and is armed with Russian weapons bought by the government. The militia already has 150,000 members, and the government wants more. There are currently 2.3 million government employees in Venezuela, and most of those hired since Chavez took power were selected in part for their loyalty to Chavez. The number of government employees (now 20 percent of the work force) has gone up 70 percent since Chavez took over. The Venezuelan military has 130,000 personnel, but Chavez is mostly concerned with the growing number of civilians who oppose his rule. Thus volunteers for the militia are not accepted until their loyalty to Chavez is assured. Not everyone qualifies.<br /><br />Chavez also has his own source of weapons for his militia. Two years ago, Venezuela obtained a license to produce Russian AK-103 assault rifles. Manufacturing began last year. Four years ago, Venezuela bought 100,000 of these assault rifles, the most recent model of the original AK-47.<br /><br />Russia hasn't manufactured the AK-47 (or its upgraded version, the AKM), for many years. Instead, Russia now makes the AK-74, a weapon similar to the American M-16 (firing a slightly smaller 5.45mm bullet), and the AK-101 (which fires the U.S. 5.56mm round) and the AK-103 (which fires the same 7.62mm bullet of the old AK-47). The AK-103 is essentially a very up-to-date design of the old AK-47. Normally, the AK-103 sells for about $800 each (including cleaning supplies, magazines, spare parts and the like.) But many of the AK-103 sold to Venezuela from Russia are being billed at $1200 each, the additional $400 going into the pockets of Venezuelan politicians who got behind the weapons purchase and distribution (to friends of the current Venezuelan government) of the weapons. New weapons, old traditions. Venezuela could have bought newly manufactured (but not by Russia) AK-47s for $400. But this purchase was not so much about weapons, as it was about politics. And that's why there so much more opposition to Chavez.kenpricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699521876271514733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-63990097489040042742010-02-21T15:58:33.657+01:002010-02-21T15:58:33.657+01:00Daniel,
This post is priceless!
When I see a lit...Daniel,<br /><br />This post is priceless!<br /><br />When I see a little black glove on one hand I think of horror fiction....or the oh-so-fearsome Black Glove group of super villains.<br /><br />But the Painting/and photos remind me more of a Strindberg play.The fact that Chavez creates such a bizarre scene in El Calvario shows a desire to present the image of a weird, semi- threatening mystical intention.<br /><br />Here we have a Trinity, or the 3 crosses on Calvary.There are mystical forces at work ;)so appealing to a dark cult.<br /><br />Maybe even the electrical deaths and re- surges can also create the illusion of the cycles of Death and rebirth.<br /><br />This is no normal world we live in....but so much stranger than real life.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38890671082554815712010-02-21T13:15:15.565+01:002010-02-21T13:15:15.565+01:00Until there is a cohesive opposition Chavez may be...Until there is a cohesive opposition Chavez may be worried for nothing.<br /><br />By the way, this painting with Christ and Chavez in the background implies that Chavez thinks his supporters are ignorant or they are ignorant or both. I am very offended by that painting and can't believe others wouldn't feel the same. I'm not particularly religious; I just find that over the line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com