I have noted with some interest the fanfare that emerged after Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil" at the United Nations recently. Who is Hugo Chavez? Is he an enlightened leader or something else?
Hugo Chavez is the current president of Venezuela.
He is openly Marxist and a socialist.
Hugo Chavez has been building diplomatic relationships with such notable countries as Cuba, mainland China, North Korea, and Iran. He has been accused of having ties with Al Queda, the Taliban, FARC, and ELN.
Venezuela is providing oil to Cuba at discounted prices. Hugo Chavez also imported Cubans to help him in his bid for power in Venezuela.
Venezuela and Red China are also planning to exchange ideas for the economic and development good of both countries. China is currently not capable of refining Venezuela's crude oil exports. Hugo Chavez is hoping to encourage Chinese government investments in his oil refineries.
Chavez is sympathetic to the North Korean government. He visited North Korea after missile testing.
Hugo Chavez considers the current Iranian regime to be worthy of imitation.
Venezuela and Iran are partnering to build an oil refinery in Syria, among other joint projects.
Hugo Chavez has been accused of having terrorist ties with Al Queda. Although publickly he espouses many of the same 9/11 conspiracy junk-science "theories" which have been popping up all over the web, he may have contributed financially to Al Queda in order to get the job done.
Hugo Chavez wanted to send troops to aid the Taliban when the United States attacked Afghanistan.
Hugo Chavez may also have ties with two strong terrorist organizations-- FARC and ELN-- in Colombia.
He has also been investing money in poorer South American countries in order to build political alliances.
Hugo Chavez is not worthy of admiration. He is not "enlightened." He is a dictator and he admires repressive governments which are very far removed from democracy. He has promised to alleviate the plight of South America's impoverished residents. Even if he can deliver on that promise, at what cost? Taliban. FARC. ELN. Al Queda. Iran. North Korea. Mainland China. Cuba.
Taliban. FARC. ELN. Al Queda. Iran. North Korea. Mainland China. Cuba. No Thanks.
~spike q
1. Hugo Chavez the dictator: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108140.html http://goinside.com/04/9/chavez.html http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/3/25/175844.shtml http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/pastanalysis/2003/0109.htm http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2144 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_6_55/ai_98954243
2. Hugo Chavez and Cuba: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/70FAE354-7832-4AC8-A714-604F65F6C78E.htm
3. Hugo Chavez and China: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/23/content_672174.htm http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=8120 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw115606584296W643 http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t176888.htm
4. Hugo Chavez and North Korea: http://caracaschronicles.blogspot.com/2006/07/common-sense-meltdown-chronicles.html http://www.neoliberalismo.com/KIM.htm http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200606/INT20060626c.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060916/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/nonaligned_summit
5. Hugo Chavez and Iran: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fnews/1704476/posts http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C9DFE280-E615-4FEB-ADE5-6708D459E9B8.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4336169.stm http://www.irandefence.net/archive/index.php/t-338.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1157913656782 http://www.worldthreats.com/latin_america/Iran-Chavez%20Alliance.htm http://jewishworldreview.com/0906/scarborough092206.php3
6. Hugo Chavez and FARC and ELN: http://www.williambowles.info/venezuela/2005/chavez.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/177yckaw.asp http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/apr1801.htm http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/milreview/demerest.pdf#search=%22chavez%20FARC%20ELN%20Colombia%22 http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/colombi/articles/20060228.aspx
7. Hugo Chavez and the Taliban: [also evidence of Taliban resurgence] http://www.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk/ven/web/dvd/chavez&iraq.html http://www.militaresdemocraticos.com/articulos/en/20021231-01.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/848112/posts http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1757264.ece http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,2145,12215_pg_1,00.html http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/afghanistan.fighting/
8. Hugo Chavez and South American countries: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092501191.html http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200508081031 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5032074.stm http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0088673F-D07C-46EB-9A7E-864A3D354744.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4576972.stm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/654/654p12b.htm
9. The 9/11 Conspiracy Junk-Science "Theories" have been debunked. Hugo Chavez public profession of belief in them: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2003/09/22/mpMichaelMeachersCrackpotConspiracyTheories.html http://michaelgriffith1.tripod.com/refute.htm
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