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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:23 PM Oct 2015

Noam Chomsky: The Chavez Model Has Been Destructive (Spanish)

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

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

The tremendous corruption and incompetence of the country never achieved freedom from the almost complete dependence on one export, petroleum.
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Noam Chomsky: The Chavez Model Has Been Destructive (Spanish) (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Oct 2015 OP
Oh NO! You mean "Champion of the Left" Noam Chomsky?! Marksman_91 Oct 2015 #1
Uh oh!!!! GGJohn Oct 2015 #2
They already did it with Heinz Dietrich, who was the supposed mentor of Chávez Marksman_91 Oct 2015 #3
Maduro says Chomsky is misinformed Bacchus4.0 Nov 2015 #4
 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
1. Oh NO! You mean "Champion of the Left" Noam Chomsky?!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:29 AM
Oct 2015

How could he fall to the mainstream media lies about Venezuela? Doesn't he understand that their situation was caused by super-secret CIA operations that crippled the economy?

 

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
3. They already did it with Heinz Dietrich, who was the supposed mentor of Chávez
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:27 PM
Oct 2015

He starts to say something factual and pessimistic about how Maduro's running the "Revolution" to the ground, and they automatically assume he sold out or something. It's sad, really. They're just as intolerant to unfavorable opinions of the regimes they support as Teapublicans.

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