Venezuela pres. Maduro invites [Noam] Chomsky to Venezuela to show him the reality of the country

[Marksman_91]

Source: El Nuevo Herald

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, invitó este viernes al intelectual y lingüista estadounidense Noam Chomsky, que recientemente declaró que el modelo chavista “ha sido destructivo”, a conversar para informarle sobre la “nueva realidad” del país que, según dijo, es gobernada por el pueblo.

“Yo creo que Noam Chomsky no está bien informado, es un buen hombre Noam Chomsky, pero por allí salió una entrevista supuestamente de él, y yo le dije a la canciller que es bueno conseguir el contacto de Noam Chomsky y conversar con él un rato (…) porque yo creo que está mal informado”, dijo Maduro en un acto gubernamental.

TRANSLATION:

Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, invited this Friday the American intellectual and linguist Noam Chomsky, who recently declared that the chavista model "has been destructive," to discuss about the "new reality" of the country that, as [Maduro] said, is governed by the people.

"I believe Noam Chomsky is not well-informed. He is a good man, Noam Chomsky, but there was a recent article supposedly about him, and I told the chancellor that it would be good to get his contact to talk with him for a while (...) because I believe he is badly informed," Maduro said in a public event.


Read more: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article41997471.html

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This is regarding some recent claims made by Chomsky, which you can read in this Spanish article:

http://www.larazon.net/2015/10/28/noam-chomsky-el-modelo-de-chavez-ha-sido-destructivo/

El modelo de Chávez ha sido destructivo

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“La tremenda corrupción y la incompetencia del país nunca lograron liberarse de la dependencia casi total de una exportación única, el petróleo”, aseguró.

Translation:

Chávez's model has been destructive

"The tremendous corruption and incompetence of the country never achieved freedom from the almost complete dependence on one export, petroleum," he assured.

All I can say is, I wonder how long it will be before the useful idiots in this site throw Noam under the bus. They already did it with Heinz Dietrich, the supposed mentor of Hugo Chávez, so I wouldn't be surprised if they do the same with Chomsky. The moment anyone starts to say something factual and pessimistic about how Maduro's running the "Revolution" to the ground, they automatically assume they sold out or something. It's sad, really. Chavistas are as intolerant to unfavorable opinions of their precious regime as Teapublicans.

[MADem]

1. I hear heads exploding.

The cognitive dissonance is taking its toll.

[Marksman_91]

2. Chavistas, like Teapublicans, don't care about facts

They're just gonna think the same BS that Maduro said, that Chomsky's misinformed or something.

[brentspeak]

7. I hear the sound of Latte Liberals'

Starbucks coffee mugs clinking together in smug amusement over reading articles critical of Noam Chomsky.

[Little Tich]

3. I hope Chomsky brings plenty of toilet paper. n/t

[Bacchus4.0]

4. Anyone who can't see how awesome the chavista government is misinformed obviously nt

[joshcryer]

5. Chomsky always comes around.

Always late though and never admits his misstep.

[Marksman_91]

8. I think that's what comes with the nature of being an idealist

You always wish that what you think is right, but eventually after some time you realize that maybe you might've been in the wrong

[Zorro]

6. Hope he doesn't get shot if he goes

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. I wonder how long Chomsky has been on the CIA payroll?