when is the US going to do something about Chavez and his Gov.?
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Chavez, who Bush dislikes, is providing low cost heating oil to several US states to help elderly and low-income Americans heat their homes this winter. Funny, but no help from Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, Bush's friends, or from the US oil industry who got record tax breaks and recorded record profits this year.
264606
It will happen near the mid term elections in November. \nThe Bush administration can not afford to lose the House of Representatives. Let's see if this ploy works.
395069
i aint sure but i heard that the US is gonna start something against them
629201
You are very wise to be asking these questions and to be bringing up these most important issues. Of course it isn't "right" but this regime doesn't even think about what's right. That's why Americans have to wise up and get rid if this government as soon as possible. Hopefully, before they completely destroy us all.
475094
Bush government may attack to Iran(an attack to Syria is also within possibilities) or support the attack of Israel. But I don’t think that it is going to be within one year at least since USA may have some trouble in its backyard within forthcoming months. Brazil-China relations become closer. There is already a tension with Venezuela. There will be elections in around 10 South-America countries in 2006. At the end of this year, USA may have other Chavezes to deal with. USA is already in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is risky to attack not only Iran but any other country before having stability in the backyard. \n\nYou may look over the following link to see whats going there.\nAnalysis: How the US 'lost' Latin America \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4861320.stm
723602
I think it is partly because the US government has been so bogged down in the mess it has created in Iraq and Afghanistan that it hasn't got the resources to impose its agenda on South America, and people are waking up, too.  As a consequence of American imposed policies through IMF, World Bank, puppet regimes, training secret police and torturers to cut dissent, etc.  millions and millions of people have been exploited, but as the saying goes, you can't fool all the people all the time...so now presidents who are more sensitive to people's agenda instead of catering to US interests and the corporate agenda are being elected.  For example in the case of Chavez in Venezuela, US tried to bring about a coup and get rid of him, but thank God it didn't work...times aren't like they were when the democratically elected president of Chile was killed and replaced by the monster, General Pinochet.  And God willing, this just the beginning...I hope American people will wake up, too, because they are also being betrayed.
383043
There is too much corruption down there. So they need someone else to blame and why not blame the US.
936828
The UN is already a collection of dictators. Giving Chavez any more power than he has was a very bad idea.
675731
He is just using the poor to get more control over the country and more power for himself.  He will cause much damage to the economic structure of Venezuela and its reputation with the world.
129264
Yes, and Hugo Chavez hates us americans.
926682
they have no right whatsoever - but that won't stop them - they have been meddling in South American politics for decades - largely to the detriment of the indigenous people.\n\nYet they seem to soon get up in arms as soon as another country dares to criticise them!
689391
Not sure of the question here, but...\n\nPolitics is corrupt?...well, no. But some POLITICIANS are certainly corrupt...in my personal opinion the current US administration is the most corrupt since the well documented corruption of the Nixon years.\n\nGROWING-UP nation as well?...what does THAT mean?\n\nIf you are implying that the governments of 3rd world countries have a worse reputation for corruption, well...yes.\nBut we are starting to see genuine 'peoples' leaders emerging in some countries. (Venezuela's Chavez is a good example.)\n\nChavez, since being elected, has, in a sense, "decorrupted" his country by returning ownership of the natural resources to the locals, rather than the US corporations that were raping and plundering the economy, sharing with a select few only.\n\nFor putting his people's needs above those of the multi-national (mostly US owned) corporations, Chavez has been subjected to a string of lies and abuse from the White House and its cronies, including the now famous quote from "Christian" Pat Robetson that "someone should assassinate him" (Chavez)\nSo much for "Thou shalt not kill", let alone "Do unto others"...in my opinion anyone who preaches violence toward any living human is NOT a man of God.\n\nHe even managed to survive a US backed coup attempt because the people came onto the streets in the hundreds of thousands and stood up to the army, and bravely persuaded them not to attack their own people to support rich foreigners...and amazingly, the army listened, for they could see themselves that Chavez is a good man, doing good for ALL the people of Venezuela, not just the elite.\n\nAnd THAT, is where I see "dignity implied"...where the 3rd world governments are standing up to the corruption imposed on them by their powerful and VERY corrupt neighbor to the north.\nHere are some links...just a few of the dozens available that tell more than I can here.
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No.What Fidel and Chavez are doing is to change the point of view about United States and they exterior policy to Latin Americans.This is achieving it, financing the campaigns to the socialist candidates of Latin America, such is the case of Evo Morales and Ollanta Humala, presidential candidate of peru.  Also the integration of Latin America manages to promoting the low " the dream of Simón Bolívar".  But I think that the intelligent leaders as Lula, the president of Brazil, the chosen president Michelle Bachelet, or the president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, the ones that agrees them to have relations with the United States, and although they share certain points of its politics with Chavez ó Fidel, they are but open and they will impede that Latin America become a species of Soviet communist block.
379939
WOW DUDE!! THAT'S ALOT OF INFO MAN! I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME WEAPONS BUT ONLY THOSE WITH CLEAN RECORD. U MUST BE A POLITIC OR SOMETHING....ANYWAYS HUM HUH!! ARIVA LA REPUBLICA Y TODO MEXICO CABRONES AGUAAAAAA!!!!LOL
125820
If you mean current world leader; Mandela, Shafez, Mogaby, Najad.. All the people who are fighting for right in this bad times.\n\nJust to comment on the other posts:\n1. Hugo Chavez is the leader of Venezuela not Argentina\n2. Who keep saying Adolph Hitler
357322
American attack no no my dear\n\nhere is the thing america is to involved in war as it is and is spending billions there fore they dotn want to bring any more cost because the american people are realy upset as it is \n\nheres how we punish mr chavez just as we are doing in N koria\n\nsactions and food program cutt off and let them starve and have famon then and only then will they stop being such dictators towards americans we are the most powerfull i only wish someone would come to do something because i would like america to strech and flex its muscle and you know whats funny mr chavez knows hes just a skid mark to the americans underwear
880513
You are exactly right and it is really sad but what can we do? as you know politicians do whatever they want to protect their own interests without any interference whatsoever..☺