tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post3717087015492252813..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Chavismo, according to some, is not protesting. Here is whyDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48785062906507971012014-03-05T04:12:17.394+01:002014-03-05T04:12:17.394+01:00Agree absolutely with Nora. There are so many com...Agree absolutely with Nora. There are so many comments now it is impossible to distinguish one Anonymous from another. Even a unique alias (if you must) would be betterRoss11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00042514465092675618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-32656741353086954182014-03-04T19:04:46.955+01:002014-03-04T19:04:46.955+01:00PS. I'm venezuelan born, and this government ...PS. I'm venezuelan born, and this government refuses to give me my inalienable right to my cedula. I'm born there, i even got the papers to prove everything, and this president couldnt even provide the same as I can.... and they still drag their feet with giving me my cedula, people with less were given cedulas before voting time... so yeah, something is not right... also btw, i had to send a request to the higher ups to get presentation of my birth papers expedited and guess who i had to ask to get it faster, a freaking cuban!!! A FREAKING CUBAN!!<br /> pookeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186297797503732891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30799872549573747352014-03-04T19:00:15.298+01:002014-03-04T19:00:15.298+01:00Thank you anonymous for showing the world what cha...Thank you anonymous for showing the world what chavista really is.. in fact, Daniel should keep these comments up for those to read and make their own judgements.. my dad came to venezuela with a small bag of clothing and maybe 5 dollars in the late 60s, (he must have been # 800 from china at the time) he had to overcome discrimination, language barrier, and was able to build and acquire a small store front within 8-10 years of living there in venezuela.. due to hard work and sheer necessity to make enough money to send back to the mother land. that means that venezuelans could just as easily with less effort become successful there...<br /><br />My dad has a love and hate relationship with venezuela, he loved the opportunities provided to him by venezuela, his son was born there, raised by venezuelans. problems with venezuela he had was the amount of bribery he had to deal with, the sense of insecurities he had when raising me, to the point where he dropped everything and shipped me out to the States.. <br /><br />so yeah, u know what, most of those foreigners went back to their origin countries not because they wanted to, it was because it was becoming unlivable for a lot of people. Hell I'm only in venezuela like 2 weeks out of a year, and in the last 4 years, I had to bribe 3 police/military guy to make sure they get off my back... i mean, this is ridiculous... i could imagine if I lived there 365 days a year, how many times i have to go that crap...<br /><br /> pookeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186297797503732891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46687624735710182002014-03-04T18:49:35.331+01:002014-03-04T18:49:35.331+01:00"your hatred and intentions are noted....and ..."your hatred and intentions are noted....and remembered".<br />-------<br />I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and put it down to having lived, or maybe not, in the world of Chavez hostility, aversion or resentment. The latter being a key word on the subject I think.<br /><br />However the issue is how you indicated and suggested the need to remember. I do hope such an attitude will not get in the way of digging ourselves out of this mess but it is a concern.<br />I hope we soon find ourselves free of this corrupt regime but this desire to remember suggests we may indeed be creating another chavez entity. I hope your view is of limited appeal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91697053001960848032014-03-04T18:45:48.737+01:002014-03-04T18:45:48.737+01:00Daniel the idea that the general public, oppositio... Daniel the idea that the general public, opposition, loyalists, protesters and all the above there realizes that Venezuela is a narco-kleptocracy I do not agree with this entirely. I hear all about the different reasons people express about why they are dissatisfied with the current crisis. I am not Venezuelan and obviously people are going to try and prove to me why they agree or disagree with what is the true problem(s) in their opinion, perspective or whatever they've been told to say... Now I usually start by throwing gas on the fire by anyone that uses the word Democracy as I from a country (Canada) where that words definition is actually used the way it is intended and let them know that. Also without being completely bias (which I am) I have been critical of the opposition for being way too peaceful and compliant. All in all there are so many issues that this is my reason that most people have forgotten why Venezuela is in this CRISIS. Follow the dirty $$$ and you'll always find the problem! If you ever get a chance to go up to Cabo San Roman there is newly paved road that leads to absolutely nothing but could land small planes.. I'll leave the rest to conclusion :0 <br /><br />One more side note is that if you choose to force people to register here then you're are lowering yourself to their standards, just my opinion. Keep up the great blogs brother!<br /><br /><br />NFGAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268735659675949358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15421992351335891212014-03-04T18:27:08.282+01:002014-03-04T18:27:08.282+01:00correction: physically threatenedcorrection: physically threatenedfirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-42609590883156987532014-03-04T18:26:16.790+01:002014-03-04T18:26:16.790+01:00They largely have turned against Maduro.You need t...They largely have turned against Maduro.You need to get more direct information.They are beginning to protest but are directly threatened by their next door neighbors who are Tupamaros and Collectives and don't like them to demonstrate.<br /><br />Just use your logic Consdemo...do you think the Tupamaros have Quintas en Cerro Verde?<br /><br />If you don't have direct knowledge of something with a bit of logic and creative imagination you can put yourself in someone else's place.<br /><br />They are Human Beings, just like everyone else and tend to lay low when psychically threatened.<br /><br />Tupamaros do not stop people from standing in food lines though.<br /><br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20004926650954588012014-03-04T17:56:18.755+01:002014-03-04T17:56:18.755+01:00Anonymous7:53 PM: Thank you for more than adequat...Anonymous7:53 PM: Thank you for more than adequately demonstrating the nature and substance of that which we oppose. Your hatred and intentions are noted... and remembered. Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12077376803509012922014-03-04T10:21:06.568+01:002014-03-04T10:21:06.568+01:00I am a researcher from Turkey. I need an analyst ...I am a researcher from Turkey. I need an analyst who can evaluate what is going on in Venezuela right now. Can someone help me? My email is ozmenek@hotmail.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91661348301175112432014-03-04T04:39:36.365+01:002014-03-04T04:39:36.365+01:00My guess is the chavismo retains support among the...My guess is the chavismo retains support among the lower classes either because they think they would be worse off it chavismo were replaced by the opposition or they are less interested in bettering their own lot than seeing their middle and upper class peers reduced to their level. Chavista apologists like to claim there were many more poor and very poor in the pre-Chavez days and that was the fault of "la burguesia." To the extent that was true and there has since been a reduction of the population that is very poor (which is what chavistas always claim), I suspect it has much more to do with the big run up in oil prices than any particular chavismo magic. The previous Adeco and COPEI government spent a lot on the poor when there was ample petro dollars rolling in. However, people may not know that and may have boughten into the chavista "history." If that is the case, things will have to get worse before these folks finally turn against Maduro.ConsDemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312125878554292999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73348081083940379882014-03-04T03:59:01.619+01:002014-03-04T03:59:01.619+01:00The more days go by the more chavismo is a fascist...The more days go by the more chavismo is a fascist movement, and proud of it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-40699469542408025522014-03-04T02:28:41.833+01:002014-03-04T02:28:41.833+01:00Anonymous7:53 PM: Martin Espinoza, esbirro de Zamo...Anonymous7:53 PM: Martin Espinoza, esbirro de Zamora, soltaba su grito de guerra “mueran todos los blancos y todos los que sepan leer y escribir,” e intento culminar la limpieza etnica iniciada por Boves. Ese era el esbirro Chavez. Ese eres tu tambien. Racista impudico reventando de odio genocida.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48243577925140084852014-03-04T01:23:05.819+01:002014-03-04T01:23:05.819+01:00Monkeys like yourself, Daniel, are about to get th...Monkeys like yourself, Daniel, are about to get the beating you so richly deserve. <br /><br />It's my hope that people like you get sent up a labour camp to teach you the error of your ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-75060114460012474542014-03-03T23:18:49.341+01:002014-03-03T23:18:49.341+01:00Please do and force registration. Even if the name...Please do and force registration. Even if the name is an alias, it would be easier to follow the flow of contributions to the blog. There are too many anonymous. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593237096172254898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-59415529594042370162014-03-03T21:27:27.984+01:002014-03-03T21:27:27.984+01:00Anon, from Chavez all the way down, only resentmen...Anon, from Chavez all the way down, only resentment, resentment, resentment, can't move forward with this frame of mind.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2487622845178034652014-03-03T20:36:29.574+01:002014-03-03T20:36:29.574+01:00Arrived with very little but left with quite a lot...Arrived with very little but left with quite a lot, that about sums up the balance or otherwise. <br />I am sure they worked hard, paid taxes, contributed to the social development of the country etc etc. They may be the exception but I suspect the reality is quite different. Many arrived and created the opportunity at someone's expense. And that was passed on to the next generation and so on.<br />No doubt they and their dependants visited the "homeland" with many a fine story about Venezuela, all thanks to to the pre-existing Venezuelan petro dollars and latterly subsidised cadivi travel. And of course I am sure neither you or your family took advantage of that immoral practice.<br /><br />No one is innocent in Venezuela. Everyone has contributed to the mess this country is in today. Problem is it is always someone else's fault. The sooner we accept the limitations of our grandparent's ambitions maybe only then we can move forward.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77094920417124072662014-03-03T20:27:06.169+01:002014-03-03T20:27:06.169+01:00Eduardo B.
Thank you for replying to such a degra...Eduardo B.<br /><br />Thank you for replying to such a degrading, racist, insulting, ignorant, idiotic comment. Had I read it I would have erased it but your reply was too good, too descriptive of the mediocrity of chavismo, its resentimiento, to erase. PSUV, partido de fracasados.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30898334062878460122014-03-03T20:16:37.235+01:002014-03-03T20:16:37.235+01:00These "financial tourists" ,as you so cr...These "financial tourists" ,as you so crudely put it, arrived in Venezuela with very little. If they now enjoy wealth or success, it's because they worked day and night since arriving in Venezuela. They were grateful to live in a country that offered opportunities, and were happy to live among people who welcomed them with open arms. People like you are too glad to embrace the race baiting used by Chavez, where he tried to portray immigrants as modern colonists who only came to Venezuela to take advantage of others. Incredibly, elderly people in my own family who were born in Italy seem to have a deeper love and patriotism for Venezuela than some people who were born there.Eduardo Bellettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61378611683570035902014-03-03T18:28:48.307+01:002014-03-03T18:28:48.307+01:00Speaking with a number of elderly and rational ind...Speaking with a number of elderly and rational individuals Venezuela started to go downhill when Europe's funded peasants post CW and WW2 arrived as financial tourists.<br />And a lot of them individually made money and held on to power too. The problem is an open debate would have to put the country first. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-3045598749473822442014-03-03T18:03:55.257+01:002014-03-03T18:03:55.257+01:00Thanks so much for continuing to post about Venezu...Thanks so much for continuing to post about Venezuela. Your blog is an invaluable resource to many of us living abroad.<br />I was curios about the Bloomberg article someone mentioned above. Here's the link in case anyone else happens to be interested as well: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/venezuela-missing-ukraine-s-ace-in-the-hole-allies-andes-credit.htmlkekazeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-3332528695862749542014-03-03T17:14:22.791+01:002014-03-03T17:14:22.791+01:00Comments that I erase are 90% trolls. There no mor...Comments that I erase are 90% trolls. There no more than 1 in 50, in tense periods. They usually are written by Anonymous. They often start by something like "I am not chavista, but.....". Do you catch my drift?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-58012950670372753852014-03-03T17:08:03.733+01:002014-03-03T17:08:03.733+01:00First anonymous (one day I am really, really going...First anonymous (one day I am really, really going to get mad and erase ALL anonymous without bothering reading them first; or force registration. Is that what people want?)<br /><br />The "el pueblo" is a vast concept. It used to be 80% chavista. It is not anymore. No politician, not even Chavez got "el pueblo" in full. If the opposition gets 40% of them voting for the opposition chavismo is toast. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-85322364776073528432014-03-03T17:01:38.808+01:002014-03-03T17:01:38.808+01:00Je le prends comme un compliment? ;-)Je le prends comme un compliment? ;-)Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-626753088152998662014-03-03T16:52:02.468+01:002014-03-03T16:52:02.468+01:00Anonymous,
"maduro is no Chavez " is an ...Anonymous,<br />"maduro is no Chavez " is an understatement. Maduro is completely incompetent, stupid, and Cuba controls his mouth.<br /><br />El Pueblo hates MaduroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-55729635670815407092014-03-03T16:40:25.250+01:002014-03-03T16:40:25.250+01:00Although an anti-Chavez myself, I find it interest...Although an anti-Chavez myself, I find it interesting that an 'anti-Chavez' blog is so intent upon restricting freedom of comment. Perhaps 'I will be ruthless in erasing any comment that do not follow these rules' is not the best foundation for an open and reasoned debate? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com