President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela Dies at Age 58

[Rationalist]

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a political crisis that grew more acute as he languished for weeks, silent and out of sight in hospitals in Havana and Caracas.

His departure from a country he dominated for 14 years casts into doubt the future of his socialist revolution. It alters the political balance in Venezuela, the fourth-largest foreign oil supplier to the United States, and in Latin America, where Mr. Chávez led a group of nations intent on reducing American influence in the region.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/w...s-venezuela-expels-two-us-diplomats.html?_r=0

 

[Jarod]

Will this make Polar Beer more accessable?

 

[Damocles]

Where's BAC?

 

[Lowaicue]

Less than an hour later and still no stupid right wing GunGodGop comments. Well done children.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

thank god for dead socialists.

Thugs that rob makers at gunpoint, demanding their personal property.

They are violent stick up men.

The world has one less taker today.

 

[I'm Watermark]

The world says farewell to a great man today.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

thank god for dead socialists.

Thugs that rob makers at gunpoint, demanding their personal property.

They are violent stick up men.

The world has one less taker today.

My boss and I had a celebratory drink when we heard.

 

[cawacko]

Where's BAC?

Probably in morning wtih Sean Penn and Danny Glover.

 

[Lowaicue]

My boss and I had a celebratory drink when we heard.

You don't usually need an excuse.

 

[007]

My regards to his family.
All death is sad.
As sad as it is real.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

thank god for dead socialists.

Thugs that rob makers at gunpoint, demanding their personal property.

They are violent stick up men.

The world has one less taker today.

What did you make today?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

What always freaked me out about Chavez is that just how niave Americans are. Like it was Chavzs job to look out for the US best interest. When that moron the shrub attempted his coupe against Chavez I thought there was no way in hell that he could possibly make a bigger fuck up than try attempt a coup against a popular and democratically elected head of state. Boy was I fucking wrong. The fact that his coupe failed was certainly a harbinger of far worse foreign policy fuck ups to come and is a testament to the shrubs incompetence.

The main reason Chavez has been demonized in our country is becuase he was such a stark reminder of how fucking hypocritical we can be in our foreign policy and he was a painful reminder of how badly the US embarassed itself in regards to his popular election in Venezuelia.

 

[cawacko]

Mott, how naive Americans were toward Chavez? What is naive about not supporting, or liking, a 20th Century dictator in every sense of the term who bullied his way into power using fear and terror? As leader of Venezuela he did everything he could to drive out foreign investment, throttle their economy and throw away the country's wealth. Oh yeah, he became extremely rich.

No sympathy for that guy.

 

[Lowaicue]

Mott, how naive Americans were toward Chavez? What is naive about not supporting, or liking, a 20th Century dictator in every sense of the term who bullied his way into power using fear and terror? As leader of Venezuela he did everything he could to drive out foreign investment, throttle their economy and throw away the country's wealth. Oh yeah, he became extremely rich.

No sympathy for that guy.

That sounds as if someone has pulled a string sticking out of your stomach and set off a sound byte of recorded propaganda.
I was just discussing this with 'er indoors and she said that surely no one could believe the American propaganda. I said I would come and look, expecting to see crap from the GunsGodGop crowd. I did not think it would come from you.

 

[wanderingbear]

I sure hope the U.S. government keeps its nose out of the battle to come.

 

[Lowaicue]

'When I started working in Latin America the US was still killing leaders it didn't like: Chavez is part of the order that put an end to that.'
Jon Snow (C4 news)

Of course no one expects the propagandarised average American to believe that. After all you just KNOW he was a commie, dont y'all? I mean, these socialist, liberal, communist, furriners are all the same, aren't they?
Chavez, Castro, Putin, Mao, Ho Chi Min.... can't put a Rizla between them.

 

[canceled.2021.1]

What always freaked me out about Chavez is that just how niave Americans are. Like it was Chavzs job to look out for the US best interest. When that moron the shrub attempted his coupe against Chavez I thought there was no way in hell that he could possibly make a bigger fuck up than try attempt a coup against a popular and democratically elected head of state. Boy was I fucking wrong. The fact that his coupe failed was certainly a harbinger of far worse foreign policy fuck ups to come and is a testament to the shrubs incompetence.

The main reason Chavez has been demonized in our country is becuase he was such a stark reminder of how fucking hypocritical we can be in our foreign policy and he was a painful reminder of how badly the US embarassed itself in regards to his popular election in Venezuelia.

It is coup not coupe. Not only are you a low information voter...........

 

[Airstrip One]

What did you make today?

An awesome post.

 

[Cancel 2016.11]

You don't usually need an excuse.

LOL

 

[Cancel 2016.11]

Sad news. He was very young. RIP