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Related: About this forumDont Be Fooled By The Rights Faux Concern For Venezuela
SEP
2017 Wednesday 6TH posted by Morning Star in Editorial
PARLIAMENT played host to a particularly sordid spectacle yesterday, with a mob of MPs who have previously shown zero interest in Venezuela showing up to spout off regarding developments about which they are impressively ill-informed.
Both the Tories and the Labour right see Venezuela as a weapon with which to attack Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has quite rightly celebrated the achievements of the countrys government since socialist Hugo Chavez won the presidency in 1998.
But in order to do so they must distort what is occurring, painting a rabble of violent right-wing groups bent on regime change as peaceful protesters struggling to be free against a tyrannical regime.
That this bears little relation to the situation in the country, which has seen repeated attempts over the past 20 years by the right to violently overthrow the progressive government, is neither here nor there.
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Dont Be Fooled By The Rights Faux Concern For Venezuela (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Sep 2017
OP
"who has quite rightly celebrated the achievements of the countrys government"
EX500rider
Sep 2017
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GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)1. Is that all you do? Cut and paste other peoples opinions?
Please, elucidate on why you believe it is OK for Maduro to rescind the voters will, void the Constitutional process, cancel elections, kill the free press and jail anyone opposed to Chavismo?
I am certain that if Lula, Dilma or Morales did the same, you would be just as happy. So long as it isn't someone like Macri or Temer... then the HOWLING would start.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)2. Chavistas are like diehard Trump supporters
Rhetoric trumps truth in their reality.
They are Chumpistas.
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EX500rider
(10,842 posts)4. "who has quite rightly celebrated the achievements of the countrys government"
Yes- highest murder rate in the world, Caracas, the no food or medicine, daily riots, increasing starvation, 800% inflation.....
quite the achievements...