technomaus wrote:
erm on the other hand he shut down every tv station that spoke ill of him and is apparently going to remove the term limit in venezuela so he can be president for ever. that’s kinda f*ked up right there imo.
both those things are false. I’m guessing you are from USA? maybe you shouldn’t believe the media in your country
The network whose license was not renewed in 2006 had continually called for the assassination of Chavez. Do you think BBC, ITV or Channel 4 would have it’s license renewed if they called for assassination of Gordon Brown? Or any US network calling for the assassination of Bush?
The same TV stations worked with the military top brass and the CIA to support an illegal military coup against him.
When the elected government were able to retake their rightful position in the presidential palace, the network continued to refuse to broadcast this fact… (and prevented the state owned network from broadcasting)
The network broke Venezualan “law on social responsibility of radio and television”. They are still widely available on cable and satellite in VZ, so this isn’t some crack-pot dictator stamping out dissent in the media
as far as removing the term-limit on his presidency, he has asked for this, but it hasn’t happened
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sure he’s doing good things for the people, but it’s mostly coming from oil money that is being so poorly managed that if oil prices drop the infrastructure will get hit so hard it will cripple the country for decades to come
do you think the price of oil is likely to dramatically drop any time soon? I’m surprised you think he’s mismanaging the nations wealth; VZ pulled out of the IMF and world bank this year, having paid off it’s debts 5 years early, saving the country $8million
Compare that to the USA owing around US$30trillion to China, despite USA being an oil rich country and I think it’s clear who is mismanaging their economy
